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    Bon Accord Dam (25372811)

    Gauteng

    Card 502030
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 25372811Bon Accord Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2010-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 436
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Most of shoreline covered by hyacynth as well as about half the water.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    290
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    1550
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    120
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    220
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    20
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    150
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    440
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    1200


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 03:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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