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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 5029
    Compiler 474
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2003-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 505
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		140
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		470
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3560
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		410
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Wednesday 10 December 2025 02:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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