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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng
    Card 511576
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-07-11
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:25
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 274
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The original count was discontinued due to heavy rain and the data discarded. The dam and Wilge River were navigable. Most of the Bronkhorstspruit River was also navigable. It only became blocked with water hyacinth about 6km west of the pump station at the dam.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		180
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		271Confirmed Breeding
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		350
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		310
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		150Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		440
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		320
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		70Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10003Duck, Muscovy
    (Cairina moschata)    		30


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 01:17
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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