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    Dassen Island (33251805)

    Western Cape
    Card 510071
    Compiler 22315
    Location code 33251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-05-31
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:46
    End time 15:14
    Shoreline covered 94
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 4149
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Partly cloudy, light wind. Part of the coast could not be seen due to breeding and settling White-breasted Cormorants and White Pelicans and a roost Cape Cormorants White-breasted Cormorant nests: 4 nests . 14 of the 56 where juveniles Bank Cormorant nests: 33 nests Kelp Gulls: 24 of the 315 where juveniles White Pelicans: 24 nests. 1 of the 176 where juveniles African Penguins: 30 of the 164 where juveniles Swift Terns: 31 of the 220 where juveniles African Oystercatcher: 3 of the 339 where juveniles
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    2Penguin, African
    (Spheniscus demersus)    		1640
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		1760
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		560
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		4330
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		1010
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		5440
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		330
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4380Confirmed Breeding
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		3390
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		480
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		1060
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		310
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3150
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		9890
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		2200
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1300


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    Friday 10 May 2024 02:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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