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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng
    Card 508068
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2019-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:06
    End time 10:25
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 51
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Severe Water Hyacinth infestation; patch of open water near dam wall and a few smaller patches elsewhere. Impossible to launch boat. Count limited to portion of dam visible from the southern shoreline between the Wilge River causeway and the pipeline.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		40
    205Flufftail, Red-chested
    (Sarothrura rufa)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:09
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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