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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 502135
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2010-08-04
    Season WWinter
    Start time 00:00
    End time 00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 21217
    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 Large areas of the lake are exposed due to low water levels. The lake is divided into discrete compartments: Narrows, Makakatana, Catalina Bay, Dead Tree Bay, Fanies Island Channel, and North Lake (Tewate, Sengwane, and False Bay are all still connected). Selley’s Lakes is dry. The orange colour of the water, due to the cyanobacteria bloom, is very noticeable where salinity is high. The higher the salinity, the more coloured the water. There is no visible flow coming in via the Mkhuze Mouth – but the vegetation indicates that there must be a little freshwater seepage from the swamps.The Mzinene Delta area is dry – with no birds
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		290
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		980
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		950
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		330
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		230
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		370
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		8020
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		530
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		2440
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		42890
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2810
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		520
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		590
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		200
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		320
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		13000
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		300
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		130
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		310
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		12540
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		5990
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2690
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		1270
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		113850
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30


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