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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 4421
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2002-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00:00
    End time 09:00:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 808
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    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)    		240
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		390
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		200Confirmed Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		190
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		280Confirmed Breeding
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		220
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		330
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		620
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1010
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		50
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		220
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		80
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		190
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		480
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1040
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		810
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		110
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		430Confirmed Breeding
    894Oystercatcher, Eurasian
    (Haematopus ostralegus)    		10


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