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    Knysna Lagoon (34032302)

    Western Cape
    Card 507189
    Compiler 16575
    Location code 34032302Knysna Lagoon (Western Cape)
    Start date 2018-07-31
    Season OOther
    Start time 10:00
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 2672
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 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-lake, west of Thesen Island, the main channel between the Point and Belvedere, the Bay of Biscay, Crabs Creek, White Bridge and ending at Red Bridge. This probably accounts for 60% of the water body.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		1370
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		700
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		340
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		960
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20580
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		490
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		170
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		860
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		250
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		240
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		400


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    Wednesday 10 December 2025 05:30
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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