Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Knysna Lagoon (34032302)

    Western Cape
    Card 507043
    Compiler 16575
    Location code 34032302Knysna Lagoon (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-09-18
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 619
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Survey area: Estuary areas accessible by boat at low tide - this cuts one off a few big chunks of shallow water, and excludes the heads. This is essentially the main channel, starting at Featherbed Bay ( just inland of the mouth, Extending westwards up the main channel, includes Bollard Bay, east of Brenton-on-sea, west of Thesen Island, the main channel between the Poiont and Belvidere, the Bay ob Biscay, Crabs Creek, white bridge and ending at Red Bridge. This probably accounts for 60% if the waterbody. Additional species 1 African Harrier-hawk and 2 White-necked Ravens
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0N Mander
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1020
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		280
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		350
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1220
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		230
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		400
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		280
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		370
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		790
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		910
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		80
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50


    FITZ logo   Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Wednesday 10 December 2025 05:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License