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    Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842)

    Gauteng
    Card 509737
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25542842Bronkhorstspruit Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2022-07-28
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:20
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 2676
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water hyacinth starting to choke the Bronkhorstspruit River which is polluted (water opaque and smelly with green algal growth). Few small patches elsewhere. Helium balloon litter. Thick stands of water weed in places.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		2450
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		370
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3120Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		400
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2560Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		830
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		290Confirmed Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		340
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		170
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1300
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		11590Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		100Confirmed Breeding
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		420
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		560
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1650
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		120


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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