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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng
    Card 504418
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2013-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:45
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 173
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Bronkhorstspruit River choked with Water Hyacinth preventing access to eastern section of CWAC site. Main dam and Wilge Rivers also heavily infested with Water Hyacinth and other aquatic weeds. Water brown with silt throughout.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		130
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		60
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		300
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		140
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		70
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		100
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		80
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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