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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng
    Card 508069
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2019-07-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:44
    End time 10:49
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 414
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Bronkhorstspruit and Wilge Rivers and most of the dam were choked with Water Hyacinth that was so thick that Spur-winged Geese were walking over it. Counting took place from the southern shoreline between the causeway over the Wilge River and the pipeline.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		2370
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		280
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		230
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		140
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		130
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		460
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Sunday 28 December 2025 02:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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