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    Bushmans River: Mouth - Ghio Bridge (33402635)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 5022
    Compiler 1528
    Location code 33402635Bushmans River: Mouth - Ghio Bridge (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2003-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:10:00
    End time 12:35:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 374
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    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)    		80
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    79Stork, Black
    (Ciconia nigra)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		150
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		90
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		230
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		260
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		140
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		730
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		310
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		180
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		160
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		590
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10
    688Wagtail, Mountain
    (Motacilla clara)    		110


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    Thursday 25 December 2025 02:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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