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Species Summary

Heron, Black-crowned Night (Nycticorax nycticorax)

RefNameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
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6926192720Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 1 (Gauteng)11.924   
6926212716Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 2 (Gauteng)11.001   
6926212715Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 3 (Gauteng)12.607   
6929253024Albert Falls Dam: Route 2 (KwaZulu-Natal)12.754   
6928182712Allemanskraal Dam (Free State)11.001   
6929063136Amatikulu Nature Reserve (Kwazulu-Natal)22.002   
6926182830Anglo Reserve (Gauteng)12.386   
6926132820Apex Pan (Gauteng)55.005   
6926152831Aston Lake (Gauteng)13.336   
6933561832Athlone WWTW - Black River (Western Cape)33.003   
6933571831Athlone WWTW - Combined (Western Cape)11.001   
6933561831Athlone WWTW - North Ponds (Western Cape)11.752   
6933581831Athlone WWTW - South Ponds (Western Cape)11.001   
6930052643Augsburg Farm Dam (Free State)11.001   
6926352535Barberspan (North West)115.63100   
6932222237Beaufort West Bird Sanctuary (Western Cape)11.001   
6925582804Beaulieu Bird Sanctuary (Gauteng)22.754   
6928492449Benfontein Pan (Free State)11.001   
6926112819Benoni Lakes (Gauteng)33.003   
6932531819Berg River 10: Kersefontein Floodplain (Western Cape)66.006   
6932521819Berg River 11: Doornfontein Floodplain (Western Cape)12.003   
6932511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)110.7040   
6932481813Berg River 13: Springersbaai Floodplain (Western Cape)1010.0010   
6932471808Berg River 15: Vlaminkvlei Night Roost (Western Cape)23.004   
6932471809Berg River 1: Mouth & Estuary (Western Cape)12.827   
6932481810Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (Western Cape)12.335   
6932471811Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats & Estuary (Western Cape)12.436   
6932481811Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (Western Cape)11.001   
6932481812Berg River 5: De Plaat (Western Cape)88.008   
6932491813Berg River 7: Kliphoek River & Floodplain (Western Cape)11.001   
6932521815Berg River 8: Kruispad Floodplain (Western Cape)15.7115   
6932521817Berg River 9: Langrietvlei Floodplain (Western Cape)11.001   
6934012323Bitou River (Western Cape)14.0010   
6926072815Blaauwpan (Gauteng)13.5512   
6925542953Blinkpan (Arnot) (Mpumalanga)88.008   
6926032931Blinkpan Oranje (Mpumalanga)22.002   
6927412540Bloemhof Dam (Free State)11.001   
6929072616Bloemspruit Sewage Maturation Ponds (Free State)14.506   
6927503035Blood River Vlei (Central) (KwaZulu-Natal)22.002   
6929162619Blydschap Farm Dam (Free State)33.003   
6933592241Bo-Langvlei (Western Cape)11.001   
6925372811Bon Accord Dam (Gauteng)11.001   
6926072816Bonaero Park Pan (Gauteng)13.7915   
6925592920Bosmanskrans Spruit (Mpumalanga)11.833   
6934201908Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)11.001   
6934211907Botriviervlei: A2 Fisherhaven to Benguela Cove (Western Cape)11.001   
6934201907Botriviervlei: C Arabella Golf Estate to Rooisand (Western Cape)11.001   
6934211906Botriviervlei: Combined (A1,A2,B,C & D) (Western Cape)11.001   
6934211905Botriviervlei: E (Kleinmond River Estuary) (Western Cape)12.335   
6934242049Breede River Estuary: Mouth - Power lines (Western Cape)11.001   
6934212042Breede River Estuary: Power lines - Ronnys Wooden House (Western Cape)11.001   
6925542842Bronkhorstspruit Dam (Gauteng)12.005   
6929401703Buffels River Mouth (Northern Cape)33.003   
6926082819Bullfrog Pan (Gauteng)14.4724   
6932021848Bulshoek Dam (Western Cape)11.001   
6934012541Cape Recife Reclamation Works (Eastern Cape)12.906   
6933512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)11.001   
6927572957Chelmsford Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)33.003   
6933441929Cilmor Winery (Western Cape)14.6013   
6932131854Clanwilliam Dam (Western Cape)55.005   
6927153007Clarens Rabe Pan (Mpumalanga)33.003   
6926032934Coetzerspruit (source of) (Mpumalanga)14.007   
6926112741Con Joubert Bird Sanctuary (Gauteng)12.676   
6926132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)14.3312   
6901143701Dandora Ponds (Kenya)3232.0032   
6929022554Danielskuil Pan (Free State)11.001   
6929343026Darvill Waste Water Treatment Works (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6933251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)02.135   
6926092832Daybreak Farm: Modderfontein (Mpumalanga)11.001   
6934262023De Hoop Vlei (Western Cape)17.4758   
6934432007De Mond Estuary (Western Cape)13.605   
6926132726De Pan (Gauteng)14.2011   
6922132916Den Staat Irrigation Dams (Limpopo)13.609   
6926222847Devon Dam (Gauteng)11.503   
6934061849Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary (Western Cape)13.9611   
6933531830Diep River Estuary: R27 bridge - Woodbridge (Western Cape)11.172   
6925572800Diepsloot Nature Reserve (Gauteng)11.752   
6933211846Driefontein Farm Dam (Western Cape)12.506   
6933381843Droevlei (Western Cape)11.502   
6929503100Durban Botanical Gardens (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6926552911Earlybird Dam (Mpumalanga)11.502   
6934001832Edith Stephens Wetland Park: Isotes Vlei (Western Cape)11.252   
6934011831Edith Stephens Wetland Park: Retention Pond (Western Cape)12.6812   
6934011832Edith Stephens Wetland Park: Seasonal Vlei (Western Cape)11.001   
6934051846Eerste River Estuary (Western Cape)5050.0050   
6933592239Eilandvlei (Western Cape)22.002   
6925592827Elandsvlei 414 (Gauteng)15.2915   
6928342650Erfenis Dam (Free State)11.504   
6933562523Fairview Racecourse (Eastern Cape)55.005   
6928412440Galeshewe Dam (Northern Cape)11.001   
6933582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)13.137   
6933582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)12.335   
6927562445Ganspan: A (Northern Cape)11.502   
6927542447Ganspan: B (Northern Cape)11.001   
6933321819Ganzekraal NR Coastal Strip (Western Cape)11.001   
6930382550Gariep Dam: East (Free State)11.001   
6930372537Gariep Dam: West (Free State)11.001   
6925582810Glen Austin Pan Bird Sanctuary (Gauteng)11.001   
6924312802Goedehoop Dam (Limpopo)11.502   
6928463124Goedetrouw Dam (Lake Phobane) (KwaZulu-Natal)14.6710   
6926163008Goedverwachting Pan (Mpumalanga)11.001   
6934042214Great Brak River Estuary (Western Cape)22.002   
6925562844Groenfontein Pan (Gauteng)613.5021   
6934012252Groenvlei Lake (Western Cape)33.003   
6933482230Grootfontein Farm: Dam 1 (Western Cape)11.001   
6926162830Grootvaly on Blesbok (Gauteng)14.2128   
6926142829Grootvaly Wetland Reserve (Gauteng)12.005   
6926193023Hamilton Pan (Mpumalanga)12.755   
6925452752Hartbeespoort Dam (North West)18.4754   
6928082615Hartebeesdraai Farm Dam (Free State)11.252   
6926092944Hendrina Municipal Dam (Mpumalanga)11.001   
6930121756Hertzogvanwyk Dam (Northern Cape)11.001   
6929152941Hlatikulu Valley (KwaZulu-Natal)12.674   
6929422405Hopetown Sewage Works (Northern Cape)14.0011   
6934002456Kabeljous River Estuary (Eastern Cape)11.001   
6923372923Kalkfontein Irrigation Dams (Limpopo)11.001   
6928402446Kamfers Dam (Northern Cape)11.001   
6925502931Kanhym: Pan 1 (Mpumalanga)11.502   
6925512933Kanhym: Pan 4 (Mpumalanga)44.004   
6924313103Klaserie Dam (Limpopo)11.001   
6934021845Klawervlei (Western Cape)11.783   
6925562940Klein Riet Pan (Mpumalanga)11.001   
6933322721Kleinemonde West River: Mouth - 4km upstream (Eastern Cape)11.001   
6926362718Klipdrif Dam (Gauteng)23.677   
6927483048Klipfontein Bird Sanctuary (KwaZulu-Natal)22.002   
6927012655Klipplaatfontein Farm Dams (Free State)11.001   
6925102751Klipvoor Dam (North West)111.7678   
6933261910Kluitjieskraal Wetland (Western Cape)11.001   
6934032302Knysna Lagoon (Western Cape)14.678   
6934042302Knysna Sewage Works (Western Cape)14.9014   
6934242044Koenskraal Pan (Western Cape)33.504   
6927152741Koppies Dam (Free State)13.337   
6926112818Korsman Bird Sanctuary (Gauteng)15.0425   
6926583250Kosi Bay Lake System (KwaZulu-Natal)11.202   
6934082450Krom River Mouth (Eastern Cape)12.7610   
6925442718Kroondal Dam (North West)11.202   
6928522600Krugersdrift Dam (Free State)11.172   
6931023014Ku-Boboyi Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6925213022Kwena Dam (Mpumalanga)11.001   
6926213022Lake Banagher: South (Mpumalanga)56.508   
6926203021Lake Banagher: West (Mpumalanga)35.007   
6903113954Lake Jilore (Kenya)1010.0010   
6928383217Lake Nhlabane (KwaZulu-Natal)2020.0020   
6927213240Lake Sibaya (KwaZulu-Natal)11.754   
6928043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)12.507   
6926112817Lakefield Pan (Gauteng)22.002   
6925373002Lakenvlei: West (Mpumalanga)55.005   
6932041818Lamberts Bay: Bird Island (Western Cape)11.001   
6932031818Lamberts Bay: North Beach (Western Cape)11.001   
6932061818Lamberts Bay: South Beach (Western Cape)11.001   
6933041803Langebaan Country Estate (Western Cape)33.003   
6933101806Langebaan: Central Marsh (Western Cape)11.001   
6933091804Langebaan: Lagoon Combined (Western Cape)24.006   
6932362201Leeu Gamka Dam (Western Cape)23.406   
6926412753Leeukuil Dam (Gauteng)13.076   
6926142819Leeupan (Gauteng)15.2915   
6926352857Leeuwpan (Mpumalanga)11.001   
6925482940Lemoenfontein: Dam 1 (Mpumalanga)11.001   
6925472939Lemoenfontein: Dam 2 (Mpumalanga)14.508   
6925472938Lemoenfontein: Pan (Mpumalanga)13.676   
6922112925Limpopo River: Mapungubwe (Limpopo)55.005   
6928162819Loch Athlone (Free State)2020.0020   
6934081959Loch Lotus Dams (Western Cape)22.754   
6925262919Loskop Dam (Mpumalanga)11.001   
6928342948Malandeni Sewage Works (KwaZulu-Natal)122.0469   
6926212830Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (Gauteng)13.4816   
6926212831Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area B (Gauteng)12.649   
6925533150Masibekela Wetlands (Mpumalanga)11.001   
6925542924Mavella Pan (Mpumalanga)23.677   
6929173117Mbozambo Waste Water Lagoon (KwaZulu-Natal)15.3017   
6929171653McDougall's Bay (Northern Cape)11.332   
6934011844Meerlust Dam (Western Cape)11.001   
6933441828Melkbos Pan (Western Cape)13.1711   
6927373233Mfula Pan (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6934041836Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (Western Cape)15.3613   
6925062855Mkhombo Dam (Mpumalanga)11.001   
6933572458Mondplaas Ponds (Eastern Cape)16.4521   
6924152858Moorddrift Dam (Limpopo)77.007   
6934072206Mossel Bay Sewage Works (Western Cape)12.567   
6930563018Mpenjati River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6933291818Mud River Mouth (Western Cape)12.888   
6931003014Munster Sewage Works (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6926552900Mushroom Dam (Mpumalanga)12.305   
6927243237Muzi Pan (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6924312843Naboomspruit Sewage Works (Limpopo)66.006   
6923573102Namakgale Sewage Works (Limpopo)11.001   
6926523217Ndumo Game Reserve: Banzi Pan (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6926533218Ndumo Game Reserve: Nyamithi Pan (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6926533213Ndumo Game Reserve: Shokwe Pan (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6927363212Nhlonhlela Pan (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6929483100Northern Treatment Works (KwaZulu-Natal)16.1023   
6927403219Nsumo Pan (KwaZulu-Natal)11.502   
6927403226nTshanetshe Pan (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6934371948Nuwejaars River Wetland - Moddervlei (Western Cape)11.001   
6924392841Nylsvley Nature Reserve (Limpopo)161.00343 250 
6926052904Ogies Pans (Mpumalanga)11.332   
6931421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)15.8717   
6924033119Olifants River: Selati Rivers at Cleveland (Limpopo)11.001   
6928331633Orange River: Bridge - Hohenfels (Northern Cape)16.6424   
6928281637Orange River: Hohenfels - Skilpadberg (Northern Cape)11.634   
6928381628Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (Northern Cape)114.2435   
6928451744Orange River: Vioolsdrif Dam (Northern Cape)11.001   
6925552956Otter Pan (Mpumalanga)11.001   
6933372214Oudtshoorn Sewage Works (Western Cape)11.502   
6934051849Paardevlei Dam (Western Cape)12.505   
6933411858Paarl Bird Sanctuary (Western Cape)19.0044   
6926242846Palmietfontein Dams (Gauteng)11.001   
6926082816Parkhaven Pan: North (Gauteng)22.002   
6933522536PE Power Station Pans (Eastern Cape)11.001   
6930081806Pedro's Kloof Farm Dam (Northern Cape)11.001   
6933502532Perseverance Vleis (Eastern Cape)11.383   
6934112201PetroSA Dams (Western Cape)11.332   
6934001830Philippi Wetlands: Ottery Rd A (Western Cape)11.753   
6934021832Philippi Wetlands: Varkensvlei Rd B (Western Cape)11.502   
6928392437Platfontein Pans (Northern Cape)22.002   
6924013110PMC Wetlands (Limpopo)12.806   
6923512927Polokwane (Pietersburg) Bird Sanctuary (Limpopo)17.5622   
6923522930Polokwane Nature Reserve: Retention Dams (Limpopo)34.636   
6927253158Pongolapoort Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)11.502   
6925482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)13.257   
6926452706Prozesky Bird Sanctuary (North West)22.002   
6931552650Queenstown Sewage Works (Eastern Cape)11.001   
6933561829Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary: Canal and River (Western Cape)11.332   
6933561828Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary: Pans (Western Cape)111.0018   
6929482938Reichenau Mission Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6924452822Rhenosterpoort Plaas Dam (Limpopo)11.001   
6926102741Riebeeck Lake (Gauteng)11.001   
6928402618Rietpan (Free State)11.001   
6926202817Rietspruit (Rooikraal) (Gauteng)11.252   
6925532817Rietvlei & Marais Dams (Gauteng)12.567   
6933511829Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: Central Pans (Western Cape)11.252   
6933521830Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: Combined (Western Cape)16.9018   
6933501830Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: Diep River (Western Cape)11.502   
6933501828Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: Dolphin Beach (Western Cape)11.332   
6933511828Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: North Vlei (Western Cape)11.803   
6933521828Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: South Vlei (Western Cape)11.001   
6934081955Riviersonderend Sewage Ponds (Western Cape)24.409   
6932361818Rocherpan (Western Cape)12.254   
6926102813Rolfes Pan (Gauteng)12.778   
6926182812Rondebult Bird Sanctuary (Gauteng)11.815   
6923472924Rondepan Farm Dams (Limpopo)24.006   
6934041830Rondevlei Nature Reserve: Block 12 (Western Cape)113.52100   
6925382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)16.6145   
6928352407Rooipoort Nature Reserve: Shauws Drift - Davis Drift2 (Northern Cape)22.002   
6929182637Rusfontein Dam (Free State)11.001   
6925462936Rustig Dam (Mpumalanga)22.002   
6925442936Rustig North Pan (Mpumalanga)22.002   
6925452936Rustig Pan (Mpumalanga)112.0023   
6926092821Rynfield Dam (Gauteng)11.502   
6931502208Sakrivierspoort Wetlands (Northern Cape)22.002   
6930523020Sam Lameer Estate (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6926072819Sandpan (Gauteng)11.001   
6933382209Seekoegat Dam (Potgieter Dam) (Western Cape)11.001   
6934052454Seekoei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)14.008   
6927352935Seekoeivlei (Free State)16.7941   
6924013105Selati Tailings Dam (Limpopo)12.504   
6926292840Siamese Dams (Gauteng)11.001   
6928412929Spioenkop Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)27.7512   
6928042433Spitskop Dam (Northern Cape)111.5829   
6928012642St Helena Mine Dams (Free State)55.005   
6926242828Stan Madden Bird Sanctuary (Gauteng)13.717   
6934232124Stilbaai Sewage Works (Western Cape)12.334   
6933312238Stompdrift Dam: Upper Reaches (Western Cape)4949.0049   
6934051830Strandfontein Sewage Works: Central (Western Cape)12.9811   
6934051831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Combined (Western Cape)15.9928   
6934041831Strandfontein Sewage Works: North (Western Cape)11.814   
6934061832Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southeast (Western Cape)11.725   
6934061831Strandfontein Sewage Works: Southwest (Western Cape)11.867   
6926302815Suikerbosrand Drainage (Gauteng)33.003   
6924333048Swadini Dam (Mpumalanga)33.003   
6926252914Syferfontein Colliery Dams (Mpumalanga)11.001   
6902284021Tana River Delta - south & central (Kenya)55.005   
6926123012Tevrede se Pan (Mpumalanga)11.402   
6934021913Theewaterskloof Dam (Western Cape)17.9127   
6934022304Thesen's Island: Section D (Western Cape)12.758   
6934042303Thesen's Island: Section E (Western Cape)44.004   
6928473203Thulazihleka Pan (KwaZulu-Natal)24.2510   
6927592641Toronto Pan (Free State)22.002   
6929493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6929233121Umvoti River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)55.005   
6926552816Vaal Dam: East (Free State)12.003   
6927042816Vaal Dam: South (Free State)44.004   
6926442749Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (Gauteng)12.004   
6926452752Vaal River Taaibosspruit to Suikerbos (Free State)13.6010   
6929052549Vaalbank Farm Dam (Free State)29.6718   
6925202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)13.7530   
6924003105Van Ruyssen Dam (Limpopo)12.003   
6930202500Vanderkloof Dam: Seekoei River Tributary (Northern Cape)44.004   
6926032822Varkfontein Pan (Gauteng)14.339   
6932201825Verlorenvlei (Western Cape)14.5627   
6934251910Vermont Salt Pan (Western Cape)25.7112   
6930032641Vinkelfontein Farm Dam (Free State)15.009   
6924402839Visser's Dam (Limpopo)22.002   
6926222810Vlakplaas Water Treatment Works (Gauteng)44.004   
6934162149Voelvlei (Western Cape)16.6020   
6932131821Wadrif Saltpan (Western Cape)11.001   
6927203007Wakkerstroom Wetland 74 (Amersfoort Bridge Section) (Mpumalanga)12.003   
6929502935Watermead Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)11.332   
6929522653Welbedacht Dam (Free State)11.001   
6933391858Wellington Waste Water Works (Western Cape)11.001   
6926193015Weltevreden Pan: East (Mpumalanga)11.332   
6934002245Wilderness Lakes: Swartvlei System (Western Cape)13.508   
6933592240Wilderness Lakes: Touw System (Western Cape)11.001   
6934081821Wildevoelvlei (Western Cape)15.8821   
6925532918Witbank Dam (Mpumalanga)12.507   
6933391926Worcester Wastewater Works (Western Cape)15.679   
6927393226Yengweni Pan (KwaZulu-Natal)11.001   
6934071828Zandvlei: Lower Estuary (Western Cape)12.6011   
6934061829Zandvlei: Marina Da Gama (Western Cape)11.673   
6934061828Zandvlei: Upper Estuary (Western Cape)16.9031   
6934071827Zandvlei: Westlake Wetlands (Western Cape)11.714   
6933551829Zoarvlei: South (Western Cape)11.001   
6933522538Zwartkops River Estuary (Eastern Cape)11.252   
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Thursday 18 April 2024 05:14
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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