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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 5017
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2003-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 1676
    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 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		400
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2240
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		580
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		400
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		280Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		130
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		150
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		260
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1430
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1240
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		90
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		80
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		190
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		410
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		280
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		220
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		920
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		5500
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		260
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		260
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		90
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		160
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		250
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 01:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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