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Leeuwpan (26352857)

Mpumalanga

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
1994-07-24
Brief_description
A large dam with fringing reeds and sedges, and open shoreline. Herons and spoonbills nest in nearby eucalyptus trees and on islands. Numbers of most waterfowl species are higher in winter; this trend is enhanced by exceptional counts in winter 1995, especially of Blacknecked Grebe, Hadeda Ibis, Whitefaced Duck, Egyptian and Spurwinged Geese, Yellowbilled Duck and Red- billed Teal. Good numbers of Redknobbed Coot occur all year (nationally significant numbers in winter); Southern Pochard were numerous from winter 1995 to summer 1996; Greater Flamingos occurred from winter 1994 to winter 1995. Cormorant and Darter numbers peak in summer. 23 Great Crested Grebe in summer 1997; good summer counts of Glossy Ibis in 1995 and Cape Teal in 1995-96. Threats include disturbance from boating, water-skiing and angling.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
256Calidris pugnax165.29250  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta114.5697   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
4136Black-backed Gull, LesserLarus fuscus11.001 
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata3191245.273823 2500 
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus132.80138   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus153.52221  130
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea512.5020   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa17.7026   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa24.5010   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor16.2519   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa366.58209  75
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.217.6750
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus29.0016   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata259.22327   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata244.13310   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba12.005   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia12.298   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.634   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis162.09221   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer22.002
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus296.86323   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1119.19519   
10016Flamingo, UnidentifiedPhoeniconaias sp.257728.501200
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica22.002   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus55.005
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca2195.561360   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis125.52186   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis257.06122   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus117.05585025 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis147.14242   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia12.144   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus155.55325   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus22.002
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.001   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala18.5370   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.799   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea14.9321   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.745   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.603   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus16.7628   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus118.6471   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash19.0069   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.673
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis13.7010
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus12.334   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus329.10128   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.1311   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis12.758
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis22.002   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus16.0019   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula216.4566   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius134.76300   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris18.8137   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus11.001   
1296Pochard, CommonAythya ferina99.009
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma140.91136   
282Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanni124.0068 50 
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos14.0012  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea118.29154  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis14.8322   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.4311   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana27.8218   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii113.9360   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis12.756   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba14.4416   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus124.85107   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta171.56500   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis11.202   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.405  
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus11.001
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota212.5041   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis119.7075   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha252.79903   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia119.2573 6820
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A33.334
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida17.0835   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus128.63204   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A687.11258
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis212.7643
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava12.003
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