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    Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (33582502)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 9113
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582502Gamtoos River: Mouth - 6km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2007-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07.00.00
    End time 11.15.00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 724
    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
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1950
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		230
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		210
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		750
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1570Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		310
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		120
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		110
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		200
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		250
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		410
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		190
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		150


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 02:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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