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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 506128
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2017-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 208
    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 53.7% full.Long grass and vegetation close to waters edge.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Clive Harris
     
    167Pam Nicol
     
    16595Sally cummings
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		92Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		430
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		380
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		303Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		370
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		30
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		80
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10


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    Wednesday 10 December 2025 02:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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