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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 508422
    Compiler 12119
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2020-02-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 1029
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Maggie Langlands
     
    312Yvonne Bosman
     
    1612Abel Bezuidenhout
     
    12119John Suckling
     
    14678Peter de Wet
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		130
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		270
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		380
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		250
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		340
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		120
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		350
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		120
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		380
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		270
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1690
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		4400
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		100
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		410
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		230
    894Oystercatcher, Eurasian
    (Haematopus ostralegus)    		30


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