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    Kosi Bay Lake System (26583250)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 511005
    Compiler 13
    Location code 26583250Kosi Bay Lake System (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2015-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 17:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 2094
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes There were a large flock of terns on the sandbank inside Kosi Bay Mouth but it alighted and flew off out to sea when I tried to count and get close. We hear a fishing owl during the day count and included it as there can be little mistaking its call
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    0D Kyle
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1260
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2250
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2150
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2030
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    92Goose, African Pygmy
    (Nettapus auritus)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		360
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		80
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		130
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    370Owl, Pel's Fishing
    (Scotopelia peli)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		260
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		350
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		11500


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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