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    Knysna Lagoon (34032302)

    Western Cape
    Card 507690
    Compiler 16575
    Location code 34032302Knysna Lagoon (Western Cape)
    Start date 2019-04-03
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 737
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    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 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 waterbody.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		1200
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		260
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		280
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		240
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		740
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		330
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		330
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		110
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1730
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		70
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		870
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		950
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		120
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30


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    Wednesday 10 December 2025 05:31
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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