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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 9346
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2008-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:15:00 AM
    End time 09:30:00 AM
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 51
    Total Count 1398
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    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)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		190
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		160
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		750
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		240
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		70
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		280
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		450
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		140
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		400
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1090
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		120
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1240
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		190
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		620
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		110
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		180
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		20
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		220
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		240
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2440
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		70
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1900
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		120
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		580
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		170
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		290
    894Oystercatcher, Eurasian
    (Haematopus ostralegus)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		700


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