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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 511611
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2025-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:45
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 303
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 9Little angling fishing
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Road conditions very bad.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Anita Divall
     
    1799Peter Divall
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		270
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		280
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		170
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		620
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		500
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		80
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		160
    166Harrier, Western Marsh
    (Circus aeruginosus)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		340
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		10
    215Crane, Wattled
    (Grus carunculata)    		50
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		120
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Wednesday 10 December 2025 02:41
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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