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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 6430
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2005-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:00:00
    End time 09:30:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 55
    Total Count 1541
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    140
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    390
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    170
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    120
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    530
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    130
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    80
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    820
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    740
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    150
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    320
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    169Harrier, Black
    (Circus maurus)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    300
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    280
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    60
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    270
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    30
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)
    20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    530
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    260
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    50
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    1730
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    40
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    60
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    2180
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)
    10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    150
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)
    30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    170
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    240
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    330
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    220
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    1440
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    530
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    300
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    1020
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    800
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    50


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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