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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 6888
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2006-02-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 922
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		580
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		470
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		160
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		870
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		440
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		160
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1350
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		90
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		110
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		230
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1180
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		280
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		550
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		220
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		390
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		370
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		270Probably Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		470
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		130
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		170
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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