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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 9030
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2007-08-03
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09.00.00
    End time 11.30.00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 15088
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The lake has risen as a consequence of an open mouth and some good rain in June - however the lake is still shallow.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		1280
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		20640
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		4870Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		2290
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		130
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		6630
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1460
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1380
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		60
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		780
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		12590
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		39740
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		220
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2840
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		2020
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		80
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		110
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		38010
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		5910
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2410
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		1020
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		2130
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1950


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 07:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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