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    Lake Sibaya (27213240)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 6954
    Compiler 60
    Location code 27213240Lake Sibaya (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2006-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:20:00
    End time 13:30:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 1681
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Strong NE wind picked during the count which may have affected the count.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		5970
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		3850
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		80
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		280
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		270
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		730
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		250
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		300
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		370
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		90
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		130
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		390
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		130
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		480
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		330
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		90
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		680
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		170
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		480
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		300
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		530


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    Thursday 25 December 2025 05:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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