Bird AlbumSouth Africa · KwaZulu-Natal
Midmar Dam – South Shore
250 species and 13,116 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August and October–December, with up to 123 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniens
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata115 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 250 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pietermaritzburg – Darvill Resources Park24 km299 species
- Sani Pass (ZA) – low elevation77 km256 species
All 250 species recorded here
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Drakensberg Prinia Prinia hypoxantha
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Wattled Crane Grus carunculata
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sentinel Rock Thrush Monticola explorator
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Yellow-breasted Pipit Hemimacronyx chloris
- Buff-streaked Chat Campicoloides bifasciatus
- Black Harrier Circus maurus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Midmar Dam – South Shore?
August and October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 123 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Midmar Dam – South Shore?
250 species, from 13,116 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Midmar Dam – South Shore in November?
The most recorded in November: Blacksmith Lapwing, Egyptian Goose, Pied Crow, Spur-winged Goose and Fan-tailed Widowbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.