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    Gouritz River: Mouth - Low-water bridge (34212153)

    Western Cape
    Card 502471
    Compiler 337
    Location code 34212153Gouritz River: Mouth - Low-water bridge (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:40
    End time 13:15
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 296
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes clear, SE wind 25kmh unknown in species list below is Jackal Buzzard - system doesn't allow this as an entry.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		760
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		470
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		110
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		180
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		270
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		120
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		790
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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