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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 510982
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2024-11-01
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 17861
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Aerial photo taken of flocks of birds for data capture
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Greg Nanni
     
    0John Craigie
     
    0Jonah Gula
     
    0Meyrick Bowker
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		1060
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		11750
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		51570Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2140
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		7760
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		780
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		480
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		80
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		3040Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1970
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		4500
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		440
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		30
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		90
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		490
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		640
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		4680
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		37220
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		690
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1860
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1010
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		8210
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		12380
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		3100
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		130
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1900
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		400
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2840
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1750
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		540
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		8500
    10010Gull, Unidentified
    (Lanus sp.)    		2720
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		3600


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 07:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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