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    Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842)

    Gauteng
    Card 500078
    Compiler 61
    Location code 25542842Bronkhorstspruit Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2008-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:10
    End time 13:05
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 199
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The dam had flooded and a great deal of disturbance was created by fishermen and waterskiers. We saw one actually try to make a family of Egyptian Geese fly off. The shoreline was grassy and therefore if birds were present, they were invisible Species sheet Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0P. Leinberger
     
    0S. Dippenaar
     
    0T. Cassiuy
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		660
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		390Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		100Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		270
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		100
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 11:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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