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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 500938
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:45
    End time 09:20
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 581
    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 Few birds on upper reaches of river.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Bezuidenhout
     
    0C. Cook
     
    0D. Riely
     
    0J. Cook
     
    0Y. Bosman
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		380
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		450
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		210
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		410
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		260Confirmed Breeding
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		220
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		80
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		270
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		700
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		100
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		550
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		90
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		380
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		340
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		150
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		600
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		120
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Sunday 26 October 2025 07:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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