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    Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842)

    Gauteng
    Card 3773
    Compiler 61
    Location code 25542842Bronkhorstspruit Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2001-01-31
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:30:00
    End time 13:30:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 584
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		280
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		252Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2000
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		300
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		440
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		90
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		60
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		40
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		980
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		190
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		320
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		120
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)    		10


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    Thursday 22 January 2026 03:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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