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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 505745
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2016-07-19
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:50
    Shoreline covered 35
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 996
    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 The dam is only 45% full and dropping fast. No waders were counted even with large beaches round the dam.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Gail Glen
     
    0Pam Nicol
     
    0Sal Devier
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		300
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		3080
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		5430
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		390
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		390
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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