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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 5820
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2004-06-28
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 44
    Total Count 876
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		190
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		580
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		550
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		210
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		80
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		60
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		240
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		700
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		300
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		280
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1420
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		110
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		190
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1190
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1050
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		340
    894Oystercatcher, Eurasian
    (Haematopus ostralegus)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		100


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