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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 4575
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2002-07-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:15:00
    End time 10:45:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 817
    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 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		740Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		210Probably Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		3120
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		200
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		450
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		80
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		540
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		180
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		320
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		500
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		110
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		320Probably Breeding
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		60
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		210Probably Breeding
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		20


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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