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    Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (29313011)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 509189
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29313011Midmar Dam: Reserve Section (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2021-08-09
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1480
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Litter is a problem from fishermen on the shore. Fishing boats and power boats go beyond the buoy line and disturb the water birds.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Leon Labuschagne
     
    47Jane Irvine
     
    18120Sean Glynn
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		410
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		370
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		680
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		4620
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3940
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		671Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		190
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		31Confirmed Breeding
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2372Confirmed Breeding
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		40
    215Crane, Wattled
    (Grus carunculata)    		31Confirmed Breeding
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		310
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		140
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		350
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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