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    Loskop Dam (25262919)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 502142
    Compiler 2422
    Location code 25262919Loskop Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2010-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:45
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 822
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The level of the dam was more than 100%. It resulted in the water pushing into the vegetation around the dam. Little space was available for waders. Only view counted. The dam is polluted from a municipal, industrial and mining origin. Microcystis (Blue-green algae) is on the increase in the dam.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		3080
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		770
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		1174Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		250
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		50
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		330
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		230
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		130
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		580
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		130
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		830
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		140
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		70
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30


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    Sunday 21 December 2025 01:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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