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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng
    Card 510917
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2024-07-25
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:10
    End time 10:38
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 505
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Extremely cold at start of count. Most of shore covered with water hyacinth. Bronkhorstspruit still navigable for most of usual survey area but Wilge River inflow blocked and large area around dam wall inaccessible.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Sello Mashiloane
     
    0Sipho Ndlovu
     
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		180
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		140
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		530
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		180
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		930
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		650
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		100
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		790
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		230Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		340
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		150
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		50
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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