Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 501820
    Compiler 474
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2010-07-23
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:30
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 987
    Wetland Condition 4Mud only
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam 91% Full Spurwing goose: young geese seen. Egyptian goose: pairs
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    1160
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    1530
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    3270
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    330
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    40
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    2140
    215Crane, Wattled
    (Grus carunculata)
    10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    470
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    160


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License