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Count
Date
Observer
Location
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Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiaca
#
Count:
12
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
South African Shelduck
Tadorna cana
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensis
#
Count:
8
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Yellow-billed Duck
Anas undulata
#
Count:
15
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Natal Spurfowl
Pternistis natalensis
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Speckled Pigeon
Columba guinea
#
Count:
1
Date:
1 May 2024
Observer:
Andrew Black
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata
#
Count:
7
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia capicola
#
Count:
3
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Eurasian Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
#
Count:
2
Date:
1 May 2024
Observer:
Andrew Black
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Red-knobbed Coot
Fulica cristata
#
Count:
3
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Black Crake
Zapornia flavirostra
#
Count:
1
Date:
1 May 2024
Observer:
Andrew Black
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Gray Crowned-Crane
Balearica regulorum
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Three-banded Plover
Charadrius tricollaris
#
Count:
2
Date:
1 May 2024
Observer:
Andrew Black
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
#
Count:
8
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Black-winged Lapwing
Vanellus melanopterus
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
#
Count:
3
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
African Darter
Anhinga rufa
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Long-tailed Cormorant
Microcarbo africanus
#
Count:
3
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
African Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis aethiopicus
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Hadada Ibis
Bostrychia hagedash
#
Count:
5
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
African Marsh Harrier
Circus ranivorus
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
African Fish-Eagle
Icthyophaga vocifer
#
Count:
1
Date:
8 May 2024
Observer:
Paul Lenrumé
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Jackal Buzzard
Buteo rufofuscus
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Marsh Owl
Asio capensis
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
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Speckled Mousebird
Colius striatus
#
Count:
5
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Jynx ruficollis
#
Count:
2
Date:
1 May 2024
Observer:
Andrew Black
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Southern Fiscal
Lanius collaris
#
Count:
4
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Cape Crow
Corvus capensis
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
#
Count:
12
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Rufous-naped Lark
Mirafra africana
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Drakensberg Prinia
Prinia hypoxantha
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Levaillant's Cisticola
Cisticola tinniens
#
Count:
6
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Croaking Cisticola
Cisticola natalensis
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Piping Cisticola
Cisticola fulvicapilla
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Common Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
#
Count:
1
Date:
1 May 2024
Observer:
Andrew Black
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Acrocephalus gracilirostris
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Little Rush Warbler
Bradypterus baboecala
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Banded Martin
Neophedina cincta
#
Count:
5
Date:
8 May 2024
Observer:
Paul Lenrumé
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Plain Martin
Riparia paludicola
#
Count:
8
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
#
Count:
4
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
#
Count:
1
Date:
1 May 2024
Observer:
Andrew Black
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Cape Robin-Chat
Cossypha caffra
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
African Stonechat
Saxicola torquatus
#
Count:
6
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
#
Count:
6
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea
#
Count:
25
Date:
1 May 2024
Observer:
Andrew Black
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Southern Red Bishop
Euplectes orix
#
Count:
5
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Red-collared Widowbird
Euplectes ardens
#
Count:
5
Date:
1 May 2024
Observer:
Andrew Black
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes axillaris
#
Count:
4
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Long-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes progne
#
Count:
3
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild
#
Count:
12
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Zebra Waxbill
Amandava subflava
#
Count:
8
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Cape Sparrow
Passer melanurus
#
Count:
5
Date:
1 May 2024
Observer:
Andrew Black
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Cape Wagtail
Motacilla capensis
#
Count:
6
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
African Pipit
Anthus cinnamomeus
#
Count:
3
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Plain-backed Pipit
Anthus leucophrys
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Orange-throated Longclaw
Macronyx capensis
#
Count:
9
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Yellow-fronted Canary
Crithagra mozambica
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)
Cape Canary
Serinus canicollis
#
Count:
8
Date:
11 May 2024
Observer:
Barry Forbes
Location:
Midmar Dam--South Shore (Thurlow Gate)