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    Bronkhorstspruit Dam (25542842)

    Gauteng

    Card 511872
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25542842Bronkhorstspruit Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2026-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:53
    End time 11:33
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 556
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very hot. Entire shoreline covered with Water Hyacinth. Both inflows entirely blocked with this weed. Bronkhorstspruit inflow counted from shoreline as inaccessible by boat. Western part of dam around wall navigable again.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    150
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    80
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    260
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    60
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1163Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    200
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    50Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1030
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    41Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    1230
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    50
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    820
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)
    10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)
    70


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    Sunday 05 April 2026 11:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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