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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 511101
    Compiler 19557
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2025-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 42
    Total Count 1562
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The vleis behind the dunes are quite overgrown with reeds with only a few open patches of water. As he river and river mouth is quite narrow, low tide is a good moment to count all water birds present on the mudflats. 30 Unknown birds were terns flying out to sea and we were unable to identify them.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Celia de Wet
     
    0Paul Bosman
     
    0Rebecca Sakko
     
    2406Maggie Langlands
     
    20730Alison Bosman
     
    21628Roy Allen
     
    22916Susan Louckx
     
    23064Cobus le Roux
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    0Unknown, Unknown
    (Unknown Unknown)    		300
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		50
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		80
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		150
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		620
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		220
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		140
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		650
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		290
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1150
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		80
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		140
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		340
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		110
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		170
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3590
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		2810
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		2210
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		600
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		910
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150


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    Sunday 07 December 2025 11:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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