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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 501476
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2009-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:15
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 44
    Total Count 1147
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J.Barnes
     
    0J.Cook
     
    0V.Barratt
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		240
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		350
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		460
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		210
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		210
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		300
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		220
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		840Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		300
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		230
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		340
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		390
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		310
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		170
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		320
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		620
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		170
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		930
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		130
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1790
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    292Tern, Antarctic
    (Sterna vittata)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1750
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		420
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		30


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