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    Bushmans River: Mouth - Ghio Bridge (33402635)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 6160
    Compiler 1528
    Location code 33402635Bushmans River: Mouth - Ghio Bridge (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2005-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:00:00
    End time 14:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 359
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid 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)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		360Confirmed Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		90Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		100
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		170
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		500
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		50
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		700
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		270
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		360
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		380
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		180
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10


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    Thursday 25 December 2025 02:07
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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