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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 511980
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2026-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 406
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Eckhardt Buchman
     
    0Shirley Carter-Brown
     
    0Warwick Fraser
     
    18120Sean Glynn
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    110
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    800
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    200
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    540
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    200
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    540
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    10
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)
    40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    40
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    02
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    790
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)
    10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    150
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    210
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    40


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    Monday 06 April 2026 02:19
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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