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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 2304
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1998-01-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 893
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		160
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		120
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		320
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		280
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		430
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		170
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1780
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1740
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		80
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		90
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		120
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		610
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1080
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		30
    360Owl, African Grass
    (Tyto capensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		300
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		500


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