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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 510846
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2020-02-14
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:00
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 13290
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The lake is currently at full lake capacity. The mouth is still closed to the sea and the southern lake and the narrows is fresh with fringing reeds and floating aquatic vegetation. Most of the birds were seen in the north lake and at False Bay as the southern area was too fresh and the water very turbid. The northern lake is one third the salinity of the sea - 12 ppt.
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    0G Nonni
     
    0M Bowler
     
    0R Taylor
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		830
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		17390
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		990
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		6560Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		1450
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		1030
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		80
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		13130Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		2430Confirmed Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		11100
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		50
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		400
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		2250
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		760
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		1460
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		29980
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		270
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1450
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		860
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		470
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1990
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		110
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		650
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2610
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		12320
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		3800
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		17490
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		840


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 07:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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