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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 508519
    Compiler 12119
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2015-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 06:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 44
    Total Count 1370
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    312Yvonne Bosman
     
    12119John Suckling
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1150
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		480
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		240
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1980
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		530
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		390
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		760
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		140
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		310
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		40
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		110
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		240
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		180
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1500
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		360
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3310
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		110
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		250
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		390
    1342Shelduck, Common
    (Tadorna tadorna)    		20


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