Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Bon Accord Dam (25372811)

    Gauteng
    Card 8103
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25372811Bon Accord Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2006-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:50:00
    End time 09:40:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 219
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Rafts of water Hyacincth were scattered through the open water and the infestation along the southern shore ranged from 100 - 300m wide effectively preventing counting. The other shores were affected to a lesser extent.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		150
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		320
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1000
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		130
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		60
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		180
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License