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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 6694
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2005-07-23
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 23288
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes White Herons not easily identified were called mixed White Herons
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		250
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		38750
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		630
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		290
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		590
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		4030
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		620
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		50
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		1220
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		13400
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		124580
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		260
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		6180
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		750
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		120
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		3000
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		100
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		4620
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		4830
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		558250Confirmed Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		980
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		50
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		9660
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		270
    10011Heron, Unidentified
    (Ardea sp.)    		7290
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		4510


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 07:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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