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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 510591
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2024-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 49
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 9Little angling fishing
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes This was a very poor count. The area had experienced tornado type weather four days previously. The large flocks of geese and ducks were nowhere to be seen. Water levels very high.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    121Confirmed Breeding
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    20


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:00
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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