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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 508539
    Compiler 12119
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2012-07-31
    Season WWinter
    Start time 06:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 1365
    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)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1170
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		290
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		180
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		330
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1350
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		250
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		220
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		590
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		360
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1500
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		70
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		150
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		260
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1090
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		230
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		4020
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		140
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		290


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