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    Knysna Lagoon (34032302)

    Western Cape
    Card 853
    Compiler 2
    Location code 34032302Knysna Lagoon (Western Cape)
    Start date 1996-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:00:00
    End time 15:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 2868
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		410
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		4070
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		4000
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		700
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1430
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		110
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1600
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		550
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		660
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		830
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		390
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		70
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		710
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		140
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		630
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		460
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		100
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		210
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		490
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		560
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1030
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1840
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		5800
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		730
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		110
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		280
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10


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