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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 265
    Compiler 47
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1994-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 12:30:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 671
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		730
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		430
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		240
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2660
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		200
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		80
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		580
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		40
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		50
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		170
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		180
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		500
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		400


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    Wednesday 10 December 2025 02:41
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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