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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 509921
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2023-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30
    End time 08:45
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 224
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 14Tourism/recreation
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Hugh Bulcock
     
    47Jane Irvine
     
    16595Sally Cummings
     
    18120Sean Glynn
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		300
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		220
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		130
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		190
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		31Confirmed Breeding
    166Harrier, Western Marsh
    (Circus aeruginosus)    		30
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		570
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		170
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    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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