Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 502952
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2013-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:00
    End time 08:45
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 1409
    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
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		160
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1150
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1020
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		170
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		100
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		230
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		370
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		80
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		140
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1750
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		980
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1340
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		50
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		60
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		300
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		200
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		110
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		190
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		4020
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		70
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		160
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		140
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		140
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200
    932Gull, Franklin's
    (Leucophaeus pipixcan)    		30


    FITZ logo   Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

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

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License