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    Gouritz River: Mouth - Low-water bridge (34212153)

    Western Cape
    Card 6158
    Compiler 1923
    Location code 34212153Gouritz River: Mouth - Low-water bridge (Western Cape)
    Start date 2005-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:50:00
    End time 11:25:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 419
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		460
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		330Confirmed Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		150
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		150
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		150
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		260
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		220
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		290
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		690
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    294Tern, Arctic
    (Sterna paradisaea)    		210
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		500
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Tuesday 24 March 2026 12:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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