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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng

    Card 507358
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2018-08-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:19
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 190
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Bronkhorstpruit River choked with Water Hyacinth. Main dam counted by boat. Wilge River counted on foot.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    40
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    50
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    460
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    240
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    180
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    580
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    40
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    30
    360Owl, African Grass
    (Tyto capensis)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 12:35
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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