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    Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842)

    Gauteng

    Card 500352
    Compiler 61
    Location code 25542842Bronkhorstspruit Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2008-08-08
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:30
    End time 13:30
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 418
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes High water level and very thick reed beds accounted for lack of herons.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0R. Coetzee
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    220
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    40
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    2880
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    130
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    160
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    40
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    190


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 01:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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