BP Greyling: Dam 63 (27143009) | |
|---|---|
Mpumalanga | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | PRIVATE LAND |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA020 - GRASSLAND BIOSPHERE RESERVE |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1992-02-01 |
| Brief_description |
| A farm dam surrounded by grassland and maize cultivation. Only one count, in Feb. 1992, when the dam was 70% full and yielded good numbers of Dabchick, Yellowbilled Duck, Redknobbed Coot and Blacksmith Plover, with small numbers of other waterbirds and Palaearctic shorebirds. May hold 600+ Redknobbed Coot. When water is low, extensive shallowly sloping beaches provide good habitat for shorebirds (W.R. Tarboton). Used for irrigation, but no threats have been identified. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | , Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 256 | , Ruff | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 13.00 | 20 | |||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 20 | 164.54 | 490 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 2 | 5.80 | 10 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 2.33 | 5 | |||
| 214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 2 | 10.86 | 45 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 1 | 3.50 | 9 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 10 | 10.00 | 10 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 10 | 71.50 | 208 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 26.80 | 85 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 9.00 | 35 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 14.70 | 39 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.22 | 2 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 8.55 | 31 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 2.50 | 5 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 3 | 7.67 | 17 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 4 | 12.00 | 20 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 4.00 | 7 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 3.67 | 8 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 7.17 | 28 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 2.20 | 3 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 11.00 | 25 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 18.17 | 35 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 3.00 | 5 |
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