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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 507558
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2019-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 593
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes It was windy and the water rough which sent most of the birds to shore.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Leon Labuschagne
     
    0Shirley Carter- Brown
     
    16595Sally Cummings
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		330
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		320
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		572Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		390
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3190
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		30
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		220
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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