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    Loskop Dam (25262919)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 503099
    Compiler 2422
    Location code 25262919Loskop Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2012-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 1222
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Conditions were ideal for counting. The wader count was relatively high due to a few meters of shoreline with low growing vegetation (the dam was not 100% full). Two Marabou storks were observed on the shoreline three weeks before the count.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		3020
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2000
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		846Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		350
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		400
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		110
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		160
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1816Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		50
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		353Confirmed Breeding
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		870
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		200
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		290
    259Sandpiper, Green
    (Tringa ochropus)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		180
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		740
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		230
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		90
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		120
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Sunday 21 December 2025 01:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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