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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 501452
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2009-07-15
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 514
    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
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A.Bezuidenhout
     
    0D.Riely
     
    0J.Cook
     
    0Y.Bosman
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		730
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		170
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		610
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		120
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		240
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		530
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		270
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		130
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		260
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		160
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		260
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		540
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		40
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		170
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Tuesday 09 December 2025 08:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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