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    Mkhombo Dam (25062855)

    Mpumalanga

    Card 506849
    Compiler 2422
    Location code 25062855Mkhombo Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2018-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 60
    Total Count 4052
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The dam was only 16% full with many waders in the shallow waters at the inlet
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Anneke Vincent
     
    0Cecilia Jiyana
     
    0Dave Minnie
     
    0Delecia Gunn
     
    0Ephraim Mabotja
     
    0Etienne Marais
     
    0Grobbie
     
    0Jannie Coetzee
     
    0Johan Boshoff
     
    0Karin Coetzer
     
    0Kobus Coetzer
     
    0Magdalena
     
    0Rob Geddes
     
    0Rod Vincent
     
    0Toni Geddes
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    290
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    170
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    110
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    470
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    140
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    270
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1390
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    50
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    10
    73Stork, Marabou
    (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
    30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    370
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    320
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    210
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    790
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    160
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1830
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
    10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    310
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    2510
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    200
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    2400
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    130
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    80
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    150
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    270
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    830
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    270
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    2370
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    2110
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    6430
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    6030
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    50
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    220
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    420
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    450
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    3270
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    940
    281Pratincole, Collared
    (Glareola pratincola)
    60
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    1600
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    340
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    1960
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    60
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)
    10
    895Sandpiper, Pectoral
    (Calidris melanotos)
    10


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    Saturday 20 April 2024 05:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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