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    Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842)

    Gauteng

    Card 501982
    Compiler 61
    Location code 25542842Bronkhorstspruit Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2010-12-12
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:45
    End time 15:30
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 539
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Due to heavy rain in the area in the past month the dam is 100% full so there is little muddy shoreline. Most of the birds were collected near the reeds at the western end of the dam.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    200
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    160
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    60
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1190
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    320Confirmed Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    2280
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    370
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    30
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    50
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    150
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:09
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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