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    Premier Dam (25482851)

    Gauteng
    Card 509198
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25482851Premier Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2021-08-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:58
    End time 10:42
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 474
    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 Part of the southern shoreline of the Bronkhorstspruit River has recently burnt and appears to be attractive to Yellow-billed Ducks. Water Hyacinth along much of shoreline and floating islands where Wilge River enters the dam. New development on shoreline up the Bronkhorstspruit River involving much vegetation clearance.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		240
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		460Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		10
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2390
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		230
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		360
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		100
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		280
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 01:30
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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