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    Mkhombo Dam (25062855)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 508074
    Compiler 2422
    Location code 25062855Mkhombo Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2019-06-08
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 426
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam was only 1.3% full
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Anneke Vincent
     
    0Karin Coetzer
     
    0Kobus Coetzer
     
    0Liesl van Deventer
     
    0Lydia Du Randt
     
    0MTPA staff
     
    0Rob Geddes
     
    0Toni Geddes
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		220
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		150
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		160
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		50
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		550
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		730
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		340
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		310
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1190
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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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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