Lydenburg Fisheries (25073028) | |
|---|---|
Mpumalanga | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | PARTLY PROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
Information |
|---|
| Date_registered |
| 1997-01-18 |
| Brief_description |
| Trout dams on the Sterkspruit River, with open water and some fringing reedy vegetation. Counts are available only for summer and winter 1997, when 19 species were recorded in summer and 16 in winter, with a very similar total count in each season. The commonest species, Sacred Ibis, was more numerous in winter, while Blacksmith Plover was common in both seasons; Reed Cormorant, Cattle Egret and Hadeda Ibis were commoner in summer. Purple Heron and African Black Duck are noteworthy. Important threats are the closing down of the fisheries station, which will affect the water supply to the dams, and suspected poisoning of birds, particularly Sacred Ibis, at a nearby rubbish dump. Other threats include livestock grazing/trampling, and overhead powerlines. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | , Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 3.59 | 8 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 1.75 | 3 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 8.62 | 23 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 2 | 2.62 | 5 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 2 | 6.80 | 11 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 3.33 | 10 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 17.96 | 67 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 5.08 | 13 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 2.25 | 5 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.88 | 5 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.00 | 7 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.57 | 3 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 12.13 | 54 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 10.25 | 31 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.58 | 4 | |||
| 396 | Kingfisher, Half-collared | Alcedo semitorquata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.69 | 4 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.78 | 4 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 4 | 15.10 | 43 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 211 | Moorhen, Lesser | Paragallinula angulata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 1.57 | 3 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 2 | 3.25 | 7 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.67 | 4 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 1.86 | 5 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 3.00 | 4 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 2.50 | 5 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 6.04 | 18 | |||
| 688 | Wagtail, Mountain | Motacilla clara | 2 | 2.00 | 2 |
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