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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 506859
    Compiler 12119
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2018-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:15
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 1078
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Overcast and cool - drizzle and no wind. Sites - Sea, Ponds and middle river
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Tielman Niewoudt
     
    312Yvonne Bosman
     
    1612Abel Bezuidenhout
     
    11769Mariette Gertenbach
     
    12217Delien Vosloo
     
    14677Peter de Wet
     
    14678Cecile de Wet
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		170
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		710
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70Confirmed Breeding
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		110
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		550
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		720
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		260
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		740
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		570
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		520
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		70
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		100
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		110
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		220
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		310Confirmed Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2240
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		120
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		840
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		300
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		560
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		270


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