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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 4422
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2002-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:45:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 909
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High 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
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		200
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2040
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		180
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		700
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		430
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		200
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		200
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1010
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		410
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		510
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		150
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		300
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		280
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		240
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		860
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		200
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		120
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		260
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		60


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    Tuesday 09 December 2025 08:03
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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