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    Gouritz River: Mouth - Low-water bridge (34212153)

    Western Cape
    Card 8396
    Compiler 1923
    Location code 34212153Gouritz River: Mouth - Low-water bridge (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-07-09
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 265
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes It was spring low tide, which meant we could not get as far up the estuary as usual.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		290
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		160
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		160
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		20
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		80
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1230
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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