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    Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842)

    Gauteng
    Card 511574
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25542842Bronkhorstspruit Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-08-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:36
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1113
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Massive water hyacinth infestation persists. Most of shoreline either covered or scraped with heaped piles of rotting plants. Bronkhorstspruit River inflow blocked to fishing area and inaccessible. Dam wall area completed blocked and inaccessible. Eastern Bay heavily infested but still mostly accessible.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		190
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		980
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4610Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		330
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		480Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2460
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		740
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		790
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		50


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 11:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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