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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 501976
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2010-07-09
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 1010
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		230
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1750
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		190
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		230
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		320
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		350
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		880
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		190
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		270
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		220
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		380
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		150
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		260
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		410
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2820
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		320
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		170


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    Sunday 07 December 2025 11:07
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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