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    Gouritz River: Mouth - Low-water bridge (34212153)

    Western Cape
    Card 5472
    Compiler 934
    Location code 34212153Gouritz River: Mouth - Low-water bridge (Western Cape)
    Start date 2004-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:10:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 446
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		130
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1802Confirmed Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		360
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		100
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		220
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		100
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		160
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		550
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		580
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		40
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		90
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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