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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 507057
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2018-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 23023
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The lake is full after good rains and with the input from the Mfolozi River.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0G Nanni
     
    0M Bowker
     
    0R Taylor
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		370
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		7380
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		5910
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		480
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		140
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		2430
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		190
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		2020
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		370
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		750
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		40
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		2180
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		20
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		140
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		7110
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		55740
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		440
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2270
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		4170
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		9260
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		3780
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		220
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		260
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		11130
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		940
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		12590
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		8230
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		400
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		90900
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		290


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 07:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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