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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510814
    Compiler 19557
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2024-07-14
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:40
    End time 10:10
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 747
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Cobus le Roux
     
    0Ellen Durrant
     
    0Richard Durrant
     
    2406Maggie Langlands
     
    20730Alison Bosman
     
    21699Inez Rossouw
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		560
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		290
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		360
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		90
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		240
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		490
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		530
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		180
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		140
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		100
    234Plover, Siberian Sand
    (Charadrius mongolus)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		290
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		150
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		130
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		200
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2510
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		60


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