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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 6475
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2005-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:15:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 1308
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		850
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		4170
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		640
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		390
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2480Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		120
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		100Confirmed Breeding
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		130
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		580
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		240
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		40
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		150
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		270
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		330
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		250
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		290Probably Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		380
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		650
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		50
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		110
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		300
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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