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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 508572
    Compiler 12119
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2020-06-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 06:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 727
    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
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		210
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		780
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		510
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		110
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		390
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		250
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		150
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		110
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		200
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		260
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		330
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2600
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		300
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100


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

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