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    Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842)

    Gauteng
    Card 500761
    Compiler 61
    Location code 25542842Bronkhorstspruit Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2009-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 519
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water level very high therefore not much shoreline for waders.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. van der Walt
     
    0E. van der Walt
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		110
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		100
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		310
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		451Confirmed Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1670
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		430
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		610
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		450
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		530
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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