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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 2976
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1999-07-10
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 795
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		90
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		530
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		810
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		330
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		180
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		350
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		260
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		660
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		120
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		540
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		380
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		130
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		200
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		160
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		780
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		110
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		70
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		120
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		880
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		140
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		40
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		350
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		150
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		120


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    Tuesday 09 December 2025 08:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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