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    Bushmans River: Mouth - Ghio Bridge (33402635)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 3215
    Compiler 886
    Location code 33402635Bushmans River: Mouth - Ghio Bridge (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2000-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 11:45:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 466
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		150
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		300
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		170
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		280
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		320
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		300
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		190
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		190
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1200
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		510
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		390
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		130
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		60
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150


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    Thursday 25 December 2025 02:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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