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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510590
    Compiler 19557
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2024-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 47
    Total Count 1366
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Celia de Wet
     
    0Cobus le Roux
     
    0Ellen Durrant
     
    0Richard Durrant
     
    0Susan Louckx
     
    2406Maggie Langlands
     
    12119John Suckling
     
    20730Alison Bosman
     
    21699Inez Rossouw
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		320
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		240
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		240
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		160
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		620
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		210
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		500
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		370
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		170
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1360
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		60
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		110
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		60
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		140
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2570
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		3950
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		900
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		280
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		390
    300Tern, Damara
    (Sternula balaenarum)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		170


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    Sunday 07 December 2025 11:09
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