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    Mushroom Dam (26552900)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 503428
    Compiler 12093
    Location code 26552900Mushroom Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2014-01-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:30
    End time 09:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 987
    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
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30Probably Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		8438Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		5121Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10Probably Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		125Confirmed Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		63Confirmed Breeding
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		32Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		22Confirmed Breeding
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		127Confirmed Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		600350Confirmed Breeding
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		94Confirmed Breeding
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50Probably Breeding
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		310Probably Breeding
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		360
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		50
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		300
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		190
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		40
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		210
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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