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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 2305
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1998-02-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 1056
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		310
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		200
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		240
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		600
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		120
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		280
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		240
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		110
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		150
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		160
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1010
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1150
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1800
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		100
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		370
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		210
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		790
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		90
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		700
    294Tern, Arctic
    (Sterna paradisaea)    		110
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		60
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		190
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		120
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		540
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		240


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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