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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng
    Card 504416
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2012-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:50
    End time 10:38
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 224
    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 Extensive Water Hyacinth growth. Bronkhorstspruit River west of Premier Dam worst affected and completely blocked in places. Broadleaved Pondweed (Potamogeton schweinfurthii) also greatly expanded and now covers almost 50% of the main dam.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		280
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		40
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		40
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		290
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		130
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		180
    211Moorhen, Lesser
    (Paragallinula angulata)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		120
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 07:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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