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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 506454
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2015-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 19878
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The lake was in a dry down condition with receding water levels creating shallow water areas and wide exposed beaches.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0G Nanni
     
    0M Bowker
     
    0R Taylor
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		1240
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		33100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		9180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1550
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		3040
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		620
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		1220
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		860
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		5180
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		410
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		110
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		4570
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		320
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		3600
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		28400
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		360
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1850
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2040
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		2190
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		500
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		14700
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		210
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1480
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1170
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		28660
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		7330
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		3000
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		41410
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		100


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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