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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 5574
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2004-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:10:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 503
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		390Probably Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		150
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		430
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		410Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		120
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		150
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		900
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		460
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		120
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		90
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		290
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		130
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		130Probably Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		220Confirmed Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		110
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		190Probably Breeding
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30Probably Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		170
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		10


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    Tuesday 09 December 2025 08:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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