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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 94197
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2007-05-10
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 17099
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 3Aerial
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Only the larger birds were counted from the air and so smaller birds would not have been observed
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		3450
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		17150
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1350
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		140
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		1500
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		170
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10430
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		680
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1340
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		270
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		240
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		400
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		6170
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		33350
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1900
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		660
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		3770
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		300
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		100
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		500
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		200
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		140
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		34000
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		32120
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		7580
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		2020
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		7300
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		3640


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 07:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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