Spioenkop Dam (28412929) | |
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KwaZulu-Natal | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED |
| Authority | Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife & Private |
| Management status | PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA062 - SPIOENKOP NATURE RESERVE |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1993-07-18 |
| Brief_description |
| A large dam within the Spioenkop Nature Reserve IBA. Shoreline mostly steep and rocky, with some more shallowly sloping grassy areas; very little mud. Holds relatively moderate numbers of a reasonable selection of waterbird species. Counts of Dabchick, cormorants, Darter, Cattle Egret, Whitefaced and Yellowbilled Duck, Redbilled Teal, Spurwinged Goose, Redknobbed Coot, and Threebanded and Blacksmith Plovers peak in winter; counts of Egyptian Goose are highest in summer. Adverse conditions caused the summer 1996 count to be abandoned. Grass Owl and Whitebacked Night Heron occur; 1 pair of Goliath Heron breeds. Overall numbers, and species richness, appear to be declining in winter. Boating, fishing and human disturbance may pose mild localized threats; quelea-control measures have adversely affected reedbed birds in the past. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 2.13 | 4 | ||||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 9.33 | 41 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 30.31 | 86 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 24.18 | 100 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 16.50 | 53 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 2.33 | 4 | |||
| 91 | Duck, Knob-billed | Sarkidiornis melanotos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 41.00 | 210 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 141.43 | 615 | |||
| 149 | Eagle, African Fish | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.64 | 3 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 35.83 | 135 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 13 | 92.64 | 504 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 43.09 | 194 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 5.43 | 12 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 3 | 4.50 | 9 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 69 | Heron, Black-crowned Night | Nycticorax nycticorax | 2 | 7.75 | 12 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.11 | 4 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 3.00 | 6 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 3.67 | 7 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 2.50 | 5 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 5.11 | 13 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 2.13 | 5 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 3.13 | 12 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 3 | 11.00 | 25 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 9.10 | 20 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 3 | 8.75 | 19 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 3.20 | 7 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 3.57 | 12 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Spatula smithii | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 5.00 | 12 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 16.00 | 30 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 15 | 20.77 | 30 |
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