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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng
    Card 508992
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2021-02-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:23
    End time 10:18
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 146
    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 Water Hyacinth partially blocking Bronkhorstspruit and the area around dam wall. Also in band of varying width along much of shoreline.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Natalie Horn
     
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		200
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		230
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		140
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		80
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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