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    Loskop Dam (25262919)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 505791
    Compiler 15266
    Location code 25262919Loskop Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2016-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 20
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 984
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Possibly more Little Grebes than counted, but dam too large to accurately count them all.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		390
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1238Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		930
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		400
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		320
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		800
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2210
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		100
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		550
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		560
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1210
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		370
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		180
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Sunday 21 December 2025 01:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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