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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 2481
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1998-07-31
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 12:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 1666
    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
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		420
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1220
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		300
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		150
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2030
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		2530
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3780
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		230
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		150
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		200
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		380
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		260
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		290
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		10
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		110
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		140
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1430
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		130
    292Tern, Antarctic
    (Sterna vittata)    		100
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		750
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		270
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		60
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		280
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		520


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

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