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    Loskop Dam (25262919)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 4963
    Compiler 724
    Location code 25262919Loskop Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2003-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:55:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1330
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		140
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		2520
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1770
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		700
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		210Probably Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		530
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		140
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		100
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3120Probably Breeding
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		110
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		110Probably Breeding
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		320
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		500
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		570
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		50
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		260
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		360
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		130
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		740
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		60
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		140
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		260


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    Sunday 21 December 2025 01:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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