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    Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842)

    Gauteng
    Card 508684
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25542842Bronkhorstspruit Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2020-08-06
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:02
    End time 00:26
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 41
    Total Count 2575
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Chilly at start and wind picked up strongly mid-way through the count creating very choppy conditions; the duck listed as unidentified was an Australian Shelduck
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		430
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		230
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		340
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		350
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		950
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		280
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		240
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1790Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		270
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1270
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		410
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		230
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		160
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		330
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		15890Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		320
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		760
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		780
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		130
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:20
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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