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Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority BirdLife Northern Gauteng & Private
Management status LOCAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PARTLY PROTECTED
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Date_registered
1993-01-30
Brief_description
A dam on the Bronkhorstspruit River, with some fringing reedbeds, and sometimes (e.g. summer 1995) with good foraging substrates for shorebirds. A good variety of bird species recorded. Small numbers of Great Crested Grebe regular all year, and of Caspian Tern in winter; high count of Cape Wagtail in winter 1993. Greater Flamingo occurred only in summer 1995. Numbers of Dabchick, cormorants and most waterfowl peak in winter, when good counts of Redbilled Teal and Southern Pochard are noteworthy. Number of species, and total counts, declined during the survey period, possibly related to dam water levels. Important threats are residential development, boating and water-skiing; pollution is a mild threat.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.454   
1016, MallardAnas platyrhynchos12.255
256, RuffCalidris pugnax164.36576  
255, SanderlingCalidris alba11.001   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta216.0052   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.885   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata271238.25117465000250010000
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus160.66429   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus128.64234  130
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra15.5224
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa110.9364   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.426   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor13.6715   
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid24.006
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos11.672   
10003Duck, MuscovyCairina moschata11.001
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.15.6324
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus22.002   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata15.6718   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata178.77313   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba13.1316   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia12.225   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta16.8563   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis119.97286   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.394
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus242.33217   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor17.6719   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus29.2518
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca2145.671017   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis116.79233   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis11.001   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus19.3836 25 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis153.71338 250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia12.226   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus131.75207   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca14.0511   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.537   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.127   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea17.7256   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea13.6818   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides15.4047   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.001   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedArdea sp.11.001
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus19.1595   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus111.2037   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash18.5737   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus15.9117   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.884
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.444
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.1416
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus15.0018   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus868.75266   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid22.002
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus136.72183   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax12.005   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.363
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula17.2716   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius133.04155   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris117.71135   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma114.16112   
282Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanni1367.0073310050 
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos15.2422  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea145.00142  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis14.5012   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus11.001 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.327   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana15.0021   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii121.29108   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis19.8077   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba14.5917   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus113.4650   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta296.15604   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia77.007  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis15.5023   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis15.8344  
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus11.001
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota110.5831   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis17.1828   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha136.74259   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia19.0535  20
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A4545.0045
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida146.525211507585
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus115.0574   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.001   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A130.11160
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp11.402
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis150.82340
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava02.004
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus11.001   
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