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    Mushroom Dam (26552900)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 502814
    Compiler 12093
    Location code 26552900Mushroom Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2013-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 06:30
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 636
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		4721Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		720
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		3315Confirmed Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		410
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1220
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1270
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		640
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		100
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		350
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		240
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Sunday 07 December 2025 10:22
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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