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Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority BirdLife Northern Gauteng & Private
Management status LOCAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PARTLY PROTECTED
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Date_registered
1993-01-30
Brief_description
A dam on the Bronkhorstspruit River, with some fringing reedbeds, and sometimes (e.g. summer 1995) with good foraging substrates for shorebirds. A good variety of bird species recorded. Small numbers of Great Crested Grebe regular all year, and of Caspian Tern in winter; high count of Cape Wagtail in winter 1993. Greater Flamingo occurred only in summer 1995. Numbers of Dabchick, cormorants and most waterfowl peak in winter, when good counts of Redbilled Teal and Southern Pochard are noteworthy. Number of species, and total counts, declined during the survey period, possibly related to dam water levels. Important threats are residential development, boating and water-skiing; pollution is a mild threat.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.454   
1016Anas platyrhynchos12.255
10015Anas hybrid22.002
255Calidris alba11.001   
256Calidris pugnax164.36576  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta216.0052   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.885   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata271237.47117465000250010000
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus161.71429   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus129.10234  130
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra15.3824
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa111.1264   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.506   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor13.6715   
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid24.006
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos11.672   
10003Duck, MuscovyCairina moschata11.001
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A15.6324
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus22.002   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata15.6718   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata179.13313   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.414
58Egret, GreatArdea alba13.1716   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia12.225   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta17.0363   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis119.97286   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus242.33217   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor17.6719   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser29.4218
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca2130.11500   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis14.7824   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis11.001   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus19.3836 25 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis154.65338 250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia12.226   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus132.13207   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca14.1411   
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax12.005   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.537   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.127   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea17.7256   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea13.6118   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides15.4047   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus19.1595   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus111.2037   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash18.6037   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus15.8117   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.884
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.474
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.1416
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus15.0018   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus868.87266   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus134.05183   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
360Owl, African GrassTyto capensis11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.363
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula17.2716   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius133.76155   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris118.00135   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma114.16112   
282Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanni1367.0073310050 
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos15.2422  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea145.00142  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis14.5012   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus11.001 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.327   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana13.409   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii120.48108   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis19.8077   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba14.5917   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus113.4650   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta296.15604   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia77.007  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis15.5023   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis15.3544  
10007Swan, Black Cygnus atratus11.001
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota18.7329   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis17.4028   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha136.93259   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia19.0535  20
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A4545.0045
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida147.915211507585
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus115.0574   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.001   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A130.11160
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp11.402
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis151.11340
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava02.004
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus11.001   
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Thursday 28 March 2024 04:41
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