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

    Western Cape
    Card 8646
    Compiler 1883
    Location code 34212153Gouritz River: Mouth - Low-water bridge (Western Cape)
    Start date 2007-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:50:00
    End time 11:20:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 351
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    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)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		610
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		140
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		30
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		270
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2030
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Friday 30 January 2026 10:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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