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    Loskop Dam (25262919)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 503098
    Compiler 2422
    Location code 25262919Loskop Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2011-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 10
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 696
    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 Fishing competition on the dam (many boat anglers) made traversing along the shoreline difficult. Limited habitat available for waders due to the high water level and dense vegetation on banks. Weather was excellent.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1800
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		830
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		670
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		480
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		170
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		270
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		120
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		500
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		210
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		110
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		110
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		50
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		820
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		50
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		250
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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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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