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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 511110
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2025-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:50
    End time 10:20
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 142
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 9Little angling fishing
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The dam was 100% full so there was no shoreline. The grass on the edge of the dam was high
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Hugh Bulcock
     
    47Jane Irvine
     
    16595Sally Cumming
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    130
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    270
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    166Harrier, Western Marsh
    (Circus aeruginosus)
    10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    90
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)
    10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    130
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    110
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10


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    Friday 31 January 2025 02:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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