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    Loskop Dam (25262919)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 509708
    Compiler 2422
    Location code 25262919Loskop Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2022-07-23
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:30
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 20
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 618
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Loskop Dam still 100% and over flowing. Almost no wader habitat available.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Andre Hoffman
     
    0Basadi Matlala
     
    0Delecia Gunn
     
    0Johan van Rensburg
     
    0Kobus Fick
     
    0Natasha Nel
     
    2422Jannie Coetzee
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		420
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		2020
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1500
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		310
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		940
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		90
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		220
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		230
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		90
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		70


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    Saturday 20 April 2024 08:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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