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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 6247
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2005-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 12187
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		1870
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		25990
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		590
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		300
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		430
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		1530
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		4800
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		240
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		8280
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3490
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		220
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2300
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		300
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1450
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		340
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		1120
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1270
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		11570
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		8530
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		44600
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		250


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 08:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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