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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 501977
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2010-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:00
    End time 09:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 49
    Total Count 1456
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low 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)    		300
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		560
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		200
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		470
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		340
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1650
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		330
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		160
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		80
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		270
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		270
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		300
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		340
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		300
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		850
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		250
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		50
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1590
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		100
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1170
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		220
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		150
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		260
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		320
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		130
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1710
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		110
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		320
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		90
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		190
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		110
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		330
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		320
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		100


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