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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 509643
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2022-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:05
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 991
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 9Little angling fishing
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Midmar dam was 98.05% full Fire breaks were burnt which cleared some of the shoreline giving birds places to roost.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    47Jane Irvine
     
    16595Sally Cummings
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		200
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		270
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		330
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		2280
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3121Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		440
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2140
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		20
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		170
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		310
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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