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    Dassen Island (33251805)

    Western Cape
    Card 510295
    Compiler 22315
    Location code 33251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-07-31
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:03
    End time 14:28
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 4017
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Parts of the coast not seen due to breeding White Pelicans and a roost Cape Cormorants Kelp Gulls: 54 of the 787 were juveniles. African Penguins: 15 of the 150 were juveniles. Egyptian Goose: 19 of the 278 were chicks.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    2Penguin, African
    (Spheniscus demersus)    		1500
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		368211Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		280
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		4952Confirmed Breeding
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		8627Confirmed Breeding
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		3420Probably Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		290
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2780
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		2740
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		520
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		1020
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		200
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		7870
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		5070
    292Tern, Antarctic
    (Sterna vittata)    		860
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		2530
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1310


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    Friday 10 May 2024 10:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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