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    Mushroom Dam (26552900)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 7030
    Compiler 1912
    Location code 26552900Mushroom Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2006-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30:00
    End time 12:30:00
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 448
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam 110% full. An abundance of reed and other water vegetation extending into the water for some distance creating an environment for birds to hide in thus making it difficult to spot them. Very little bare shore line due to high water level.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		270Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		190Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		230Confirmed Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		170Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		170Confirmed Breeding
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		90Confirmed Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1380Confirmed Breeding
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		800
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		130
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		110
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		80
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		320
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		60
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		10


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 05:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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