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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng
    Card 503049
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2013-08-01
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:30
    End time 10:55
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 1046
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Bronkhorstspruit River once again clogged with Water Hyacinth; Very cold initially - water at edge of dam was frozen; fixed wing plane "buzzed" dam several times during count.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		160
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		250
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		100
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		2670
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		400
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		250
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1260
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		130
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		90
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		500
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		130
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1180
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2100
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		240
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		200
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		20


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