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Anglo Reserve (26182830)
Gauteng
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	UNKNOWN
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
IBA information	SA021 - BLESBOKSPRUIT
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
1999-07-26
Brief_description
Part of the Blesbokspruit system, with open water, reedbeds and marshy habitat. Supports a wide variety of waterbirds, usually in small to moderate numbers, but the winter 1994 count was relatively high, with maximum counts of Glossy Ibis, Egyptian and Spurwinged Geese, Yellowbilled Duck and Redbilled Teal. Number of species, total count and total biomass all show a decline during the survey period; winter counts of Greyheaded Gull, Purple Gallinule and several waterfowl are declining, while winter Glossy Ibis numbers crashed after 1994. In contrast, winter numbers of Sacred Ibis are increasing. Egrets, Squacco Heron and Black- crowned Night Heron occur predominantly in summer. Blesbokspruit is severely threatened by discharge of mine water which drastically increases total water volume, maintains artificially high water levels in the dry season, and contains many pollutants, including salt. Reed encroachment is a big problem.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
256		Calidris pugnax	1	12.70	43
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	4	11.33	31
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.25	2
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	10	99.62	478
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	7.72	30
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	2.70	22
202	Crake, Baillon's	Zapornia pusilla	1	1.00	1
203	Crake, Black	Zapornia flavirostra	1	4.05	18
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	2.57	8
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	4.69	15
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	12.43	45
10014	Duck, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	8.22	40
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	9.36	43
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	4	41.87	240
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.75	4
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	1.50	3
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	2.83	7
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	24.04	147
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	2	46.06	161
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	8.60	44
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	1	18.45	84
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	78.83	485
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	4	4.00	4
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	1.25	3
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	4.71	15
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	2.00	3
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	19.95	196
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	2.12	12
166	Harrier, Western Marsh	Circus aeruginosus	1	1.00	1
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	3.95	14
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	2.38	6
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.27	11
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.81	4
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	3.59	31
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.17	5
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	7.28	22
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	1.00	1
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	12.12	115
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	59.72	529	500
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	5.95	21
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	2	2.00	2
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	2	2.00	2
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.38	2
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	1.48	4
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	2.25	4
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	3	11.86	26
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	28.29	96
211	Moorhen, Lesser	Paragallinula angulata	15	15.00	15
74	Openbill, African	Anastomus lamelligerus	1	1.00	1
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	1	1.50	2
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	1	2.50	4
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	2.25	4
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	3.25	11
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	7.40	16
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	1	1.58	3		-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.50	2
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	2	4.33	8
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	3.71	5
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	1.50	4
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	40.07	246	210
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	2	6.88	30
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	7.10	24
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	2.57	6
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	5.43	13
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	6	11.67	23
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	1.25	2
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	4.47	10
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Spatula hottentota	1	11.36	39
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	2.63	6
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	21.30	107
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	1.00	1
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	6.03	21
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	5.00	15
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	2.50	3
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	3.50	10
689	Wagtail, Western Yellow	Motacilla flava	1	3.50	6

Friday 19 April 2024 12:52
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Anglo Reserve (26182830)

Gauteng

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