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    Bon Accord Dam (25372811)

    Gauteng

    Card 500822
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 25372811Bon Accord Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2009-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 09:07
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 749
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Some of the shoreline covered in water hyasynth, Unidentified waders were flying in flocks and could not be identified.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0R. Koko
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    230
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    30
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    4420
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    250
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    20
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    190
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    1160
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    140
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    610


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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