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    Mkhombo Dam (25062855)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 508073
    Compiler 2422
    Location code 25062855Mkhombo Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2019-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time
    End time
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 1114
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam was only 3.8% full
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Anneke Vincent
     
    0Karin Coetzer
     
    0MTPA staff
     
    0Rob Geddes
     
    0Thinus van Staden
     
    0Toni Geddes
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		570
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		100
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2240
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		30
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		150
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		900
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		230
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		320
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1090
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		910
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		70
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		280
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		400
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		510
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		500
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		330
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		260
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1050
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		230
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)    		20
    4136Black-backed Gull, Lesser
    (Larus fuscus)    		10


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 05:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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