Reichenau Mission Dam (29482938) | |
|---|---|
KwaZulu-Natal | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1993-01-16 |
| Brief_description |
| A farm dam with open water, some fringing reeds, some marshy vegetation, and a little exposed mud at low water levels. The commonest waterbirds are Yellowbilled Duck and Redknobbed Coot, both of which show peak numbers in winter. Other waterfowl, and ibises and Dabchick, also peak in winter, but cormorant numbers are higher in summer. Reasonable counts of some shorebirds such as Blacksmith Plover, Curlew Sandpiper and Ruff are recorded in summer. Crowned Crane, African Rail, Purple Gallinule and Halfcollared Kingfisher also occur. Declining Redknobbed Coot numbers contribute significantly to the observed overall decline in total counts during the survey period. Threats include hunting, and adjacent overhead powerlines. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 17.50 | 50 | ||||
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 338.48 | 1117 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 9.68 | 28 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 1.57 | 3 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 2.80 | 10 | |||
| 214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 2 | 3.54 | 8 | |||
| 215 | Crane, Wattled | Grus carunculata | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 1.95 | 7 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 1 | 15.44 | 64 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 3.75 | 8 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 3 | 61.02 | 350 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.71 | 7 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 2.08 | 9 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 31.86 | 151 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
| 10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser domesticus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 19.65 | 67 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 12.85 | 60 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 5 | 68.43 | 521 | 500 | 250 | |
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 6.82 | 25 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 65 | Heron, Rufous-bellied | Ardeola rufiventris | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 9.53 | 95 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 14 | 14.00 | 14 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 5.59 | 27 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 396 | Kingfisher, Half-collared | Alcedo semitorquata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 2.22 | 4 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 2.10 | 7 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 11.49 | 48 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 15.03 | 58 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 2.22 | 5 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 10.76 | 53 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.30 | 2 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 40 | 40.00 | 40 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 2 | 4.00 | 12 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 10.19 | 74 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 7.39 | 28 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 3.20 | 6 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 2.88 | 17 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 7.55 | 28 | |||
| 80 | Stork, White | Ciconia ciconia | 73 | 73.00 | 73 | 1 | ||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 1.88 | 4 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 4.71 | 16 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 9.54 | 28 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 3.04 | 12 |
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