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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 8176
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2006-07-25
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 5794
    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 Only larger birds were counted from the air and so smaller birds would not been observed. The lake is about one fifth full.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		40
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		190
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		300
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		280
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		250
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		180
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		350
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		430
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		150
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		50
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		40
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		140
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		2160
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		11600
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		6190
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1410
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		950
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		140
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		70
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10260
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		520
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		370
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		740
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20390
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		500


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    Monday 15 December 2025 12:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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