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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 3910
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2001-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:15:00
    End time 12:15:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 885
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		600
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		190
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		250
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		140
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		160
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		180
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		130
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1060
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		210
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		780
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		70
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		440
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1790
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		190Probably Breeding
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		40Probably Breeding
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		210
    894Oystercatcher, Eurasian
    (Haematopus ostralegus)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		50
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1100


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

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