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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 8659
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2007-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 685
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    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)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		140
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1020
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		390
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		320
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		120
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1340
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		810
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		110
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		350
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		390
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		170
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		430
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		120
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		90
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		190
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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