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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng
    Card 504417
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2012-07-09
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:57
    End time 11:31
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 769
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Several hundred metres of Bronkhorstspruit River blocked with Water Hyacinth and inaccessible to counting. Heavy mist for first 1.5 hours.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		340
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		260
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		370
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		60
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		2180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		360
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		120
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		810
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		110
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		100
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		340
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		430
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1000
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		120
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		180
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		40
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		200
    10003Duck, Muscovy
    (Cairina moschata)    		10
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		70


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