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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng
    Card 510032
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2023-01-31
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:42
    End time 10:59
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 81
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The Wilge River and half the Bronkhorstspruit River were choked with water hyacinth. The former was counted on foot from the southern shore but tall reeds and a large stand of poplars screened part of the river.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Richard Koko
     
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    205Flufftail, Red-chested
    (Sarothrura rufa)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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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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