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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng
    Card 504414
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2011-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:45
    End time 10:10
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 200
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Began to rain half-way through count which not only made observation difficult, but is also likely to have driven some birds into cover.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		300
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		110
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		150
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		160
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		30
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		130
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		230
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		40
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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