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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 3226
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2000-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:30:00
    End time 09:30:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 502
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		230
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		310
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		270
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		120
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		140
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		120
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1240
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		130
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		60
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		120
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		190
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		120
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		80
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		530
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		210
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		300


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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