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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 503011
    Compiler 474
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2013-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:15
    End time 00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 229
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam full so no shoreline. Water up to the grass edges. % shoreline counted 40% and % of open water counted 33%. One Yellow-billed Duck observed with 6 ducklings on its back. Minimum count of Cattle Egret is 30 individuals.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		230
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		300
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		210
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		180Confirmed Breeding
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		700
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		160
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		70Confirmed Breeding
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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