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    Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842)

    Gauteng
    Card 298
    Compiler 51
    Location code 25542842Bronkhorstspruit Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 1994-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:30:00
    End time 15:30:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 442
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		480
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		60
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		160
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1180
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		420
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		90
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		590
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		180
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		130
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		220
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)    		40


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    Thursday 22 January 2026 03:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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