Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011) | |
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KwaZulu-Natal | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife & Private |
| Management status | PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE |
| Conservation status | PARTLY PROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA076 - MIDMAR NATURE RESERVE |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1993-01-23 |
| Brief_description |
| An IBA. A large water supply dam with open, rather barren and fairly steep shoreline of earth/stones with adjacent grass; marshy patch at one inlet stream, and a little foraging habitat for waders. All three crane species breed. Largest counts of cormorants and Grey Heron in winter 1994, and of Cattle Egret and Sacred Ibis in summer 1994; high biomass totals in summer 1993, and winter 1996 and 1997, due to large counts of Spurwinged and Egyptian Geese. Blacksmith Plover numbers highest in summers of 1993 and 1995; summer 1993 also had highest counts of Little Stint and Ruff. Notable decline in number of species and total counts in recent summers. Used for boating and recreation; the only recorded threat is a proposed raising of the dam wall. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 5 | 28.50 | 80 | ||||
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 2.11 | 5 | ||||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 113.18 | 868 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 108 | 108.00 | 108 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 11.85 | 48 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 7.79 | 54 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 1.83 | 4 | |||
| 216 | Crane, Blue | Grus paradisea | 1 | 12.18 | 31 | |||
| 214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 1 | 8.70 | 30 | |||
| 215 | Crane, Wattled | Grus carunculata | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 7.00 | 53 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 2 | 2.40 | 4 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 1 | 1.75 | 3 | |||
| 91 | Duck, Knob-billed | Sarkidiornis melanotos | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 1 | 31.95 | 100 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 5.57 | 14 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 30.30 | 199 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 2.38 | 7 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 2.13 | 5 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 2.61 | 17 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 27.97 | 113 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 2.06 | 7 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 74 | 74.00 | 74 | |||
| 205 | Flufftail, Red-chested | Sarothrura rufa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser domesticus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 4 | 169.54 | 656 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 86.66 | 535 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 10.04 | 41 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 4.50 | 17 | |||
| 932 | Gull, Franklin's | Leucophaeus pipixcan | 71 | 71.00 | 71 | |||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 25 | 25.00 | 25 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 18 | 18.00 | 18 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.97 | 6 | |||
| 170 | Harrier, Montagu's | Circus pygargus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 166 | Harrier, Western Marsh | Circus aeruginosus | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 4.25 | 30 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.39 | 2 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 3.32 | 10 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.69 | 4 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 12.27 | 68 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 13.80 | 116 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 4.57 | 17 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.71 | 5 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 2.06 | 6 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 1 | 5.37 | 21 | |||
| 243 | Lapwing, Black-winged | Vanellus melanopterus | 23 | 23.00 | 23 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 23.97 | 139 | |||
| 10015 | Mallard, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 2.40 | 7 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.38 | 3 | |||
| 361 | Owl, Marsh | Asio capensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 11 | 11.00 | 11 | |||
| 236 | Plover, Chestnut-banded | Charadrius pallidus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 8.62 | 34 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 3.58 | 14 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 6.00 | 11 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 4 | 6.00 | 8 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 2.71 | 12 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 4 | 95.50 | 187 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 5.00 | 17 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 6.61 | 27 | |||
| 1342 | Shelduck, Common | Tadorna tadorna | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 3.75 | 12 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 5.00 | 9 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 4.13 | 13 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 3.60 | 6 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 4 | 90.60 | 333 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 30 | 30.00 | 30 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 1.75 | 3 | |||
| 10007 | Swan, Black | Cygnus atratus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 884 | Swan, Mute | Cygnus olor | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 7.78 | 46 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 84 | 84.00 | 84 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 232 | Turnstone, Ruddy | Arenaria interpres | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 29.00 | 50 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 7.80 | 45 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 13 | 13.00 | 13 |
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