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    Loskop Dam (25262919)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 505412
    Compiler 15266
    Location code 25262919Loskop Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2016-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 20
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 2331
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Most African Fish-Eagles juvenile, so definitely breeding, but unknown number of pairs. Whiskered Terns all in breeding plumage.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		150
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		6551Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		9140
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		310
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		320
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1130
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		80
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1562Confirmed Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		260Confirmed Breeding
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		220
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		490
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		670
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		160
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		390
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		60
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		110
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		1190
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		170
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 09:19
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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