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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 501658
    Compiler 474
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2010-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 266
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes A road is now nearer shore line in places. As dam is 100% full the water was into grass verges so no mud flats for Wagtails etc.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		230
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		700
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		570Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		220Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		140
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		370
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Wednesday 10 December 2025 02:44
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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