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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 511967
    Compiler 19557
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2026-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 1388
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low 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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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Kelly van Eyssen
     
    0Micah van Eyssen
     
    0Vic Grobbler
     
    2406Maggie Langlands
     
    21699Inez Rossouw
     
    22916Susan Louckx
     
    23064Cobus le Roux
     
    23069Celia de Wet
     
    23078Alby Fleur
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		150
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		100
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		260
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    199Crake, African
    (Crex egregia)    		50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		160
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		320
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		270
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1080
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1010
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		2060
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		410
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		230
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3870
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		120
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		90
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		1760
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		310
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		460
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110


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    Thursday 19 March 2026 09:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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