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    Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842)

    Gauteng

    Card 511321
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 25542842Bronkhorstspruit Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-02-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:20
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 623
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 14Tourism/recreation
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The entire northern shore from the inlet to the dam wall was covered by about 300meters of hyacinth, making it impossible to count.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    370
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    170
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    90
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    130
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    90
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1760
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    560
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    290
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1020
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    870
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    60
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)
    50
    14243,
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    20


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    Tuesday 15 April 2025 12:30
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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