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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng
    Card 504413
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2010-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:25
    End time 10:20
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 609
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Extremely cold. Water Hyacinth has died back considerably since summer counts with rafts of dead plants limited to stretches along the edge of the dam.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		210
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		220
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		40
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		230Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		90
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1190
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1420
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		390
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		810
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		760
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		90Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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