 There is a bird sanctuary bordering the dam to the west, with the goal of protecting birds that are not classified as game birds.The reservoir is home to a variety of bird life, with as many as seventy species being recorded at different times of the year including 11 species of herons and egrets, 14 species of ducks and geese and 24 species of waders.In summer the shallows are used by waders, and Black-headed and Grey Herons, Cattle Egret, Reed Cormorant and African Spoonbill breed in the reed beds in the center of the shallows when they are surrounded by water.