Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842) | |
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Gauteng | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | BirdLife Northern Gauteng & Private |
| Management status | LOCAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE |
| Conservation status | PARTLY PROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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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. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.45 | 4 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 64.36 | 576 | ||||
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 2.25 | 5 | ||||
| 255 | Calidris alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 2 | 16.00 | 52 | |||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 2.06 | 5 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 27 | 1182.93 | 11746 | 5000 | 2500 | 10000 |
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 58.66 | 429 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 27.34 | 234 | 130 | ||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 5.27 | 24 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 10.57 | 64 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 2.42 | 6 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 1 | 3.67 | 15 | |||
| 10005 | Duck, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 2 | 4.00 | 6 | |||
| 91 | Duck, Knob-billed | Sarkidiornis melanotos | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 10003 | Duck, Muscovy | Cairina moschata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 1 | 5.63 | 24 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 5.46 | 18 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 76.61 | 313 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 3.13 | 16 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate [x] | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 2.22 | 5 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 6.51 | 63 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 19.60 | 286 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.39 | 4 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 2 | 42.33 | 217 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 7.67 | 19 | |||
| 10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser domesticus | 2 | 8.78 | 18 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 150.93 | 1017 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 20.10 | 233 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 9.38 | 36 | 25 | ||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 52.38 | 338 | 250 | ||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 2.22 | 6 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 30.76 | 207 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 1 | 3.96 | 11 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.82 | 8 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 2.08 | 7 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 7.72 | 56 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 3.72 | 18 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 5.59 | 47 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10011 | Heron, Unidentified | Ardea sp. | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 9.43 | 95 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 10.64 | 37 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 8.87 | 37 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 5.96 | 17 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.88 | 4 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.44 | 4 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 2.11 | 16 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 1 | 5.00 | 18 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 8 | 70.07 | 266 | |||
| 10015 | Mallard, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 36.10 | 183 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.83 | 5 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 360 | Owl, African Grass | Tyto capensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 361 | Owl, Marsh | Asio capensis | 1 | 1.36 | 3 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 7.27 | 16 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 33.04 | 155 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 17.41 | 135 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 13.55 | 112 | |||
| 282 | Pratincole, Black-winged | Glareola nordmanni | 1 | 367.00 | 733 | 100 | 50 | |
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 5.07 | 22 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 45.00 | 142 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 4.50 | 12 | |||
| 257 | Sandpiper, Terek | Xenus cinereus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 2.32 | 7 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 4.67 | 21 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 20.25 | 108 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 9.80 | 77 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 4.59 | 17 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 13.46 | 50 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 2 | 96.15 | 604 | |||
| 80 | Stork, White | Ciconia ciconia | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 1 | 5.50 | 23 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 5.59 | 44 | |||
| 10007 | Swan, Black | Cygnus atratus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 1 | 9.92 | 31 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 7.18 | 28 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 36.74 | 259 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 9.05 | 35 | 20 | ||
| 10009 | Tern, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 45 | 45.00 | 45 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 44.09 | 521 | 150 | 75 | 85 |
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 15.05 | 74 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 30.11 | 160 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 1.40 | 2 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 51.07 | 340 | |||
| 689 | Wagtail, Western Yellow | Motacilla flava | 0 | 1.86 | 4 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 |
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