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    Dassen Island (33251805)

    Western Cape
    Card 509983
    Compiler 22315
    Location code 33251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-02-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:42
    End time 15:40
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 4986
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Sunny, mid-tide (2 hours before low tide), When started the wind was light, picked up half way tThe individuals/pairs on nests were included in the total counts. The individuals/pairs on nests were included in the total counts. The White-breasted Cormorants had 16 nests with 1 bird on the nest and 1 with a pair. And 3 juveniles The Crowned Cormorants: 50 nests with 1 adult on the nest and 1 pair and 5 chicks The Bank Cormorants: 2 nests with 1 adult and 3 nests with a pair. The Cape Cormorants: 3 nests with 1 adult on nest. Kelp Gulls: 79 of the 783 were juveniles White Pelicans: 25 of the 35 were juveniles African Penguins: only the ones standing on the coast were counted. 114 of the 492 were juveniles. African Oystercatcher: 3 of the 314 where juveniles The 1 Cape Gannet was a juvenile hrough
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    2Penguin, African
    (Spheniscus demersus)    		4920
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		350
    44Gannet, Cape
    (Morus capensis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		430Confirmed Breeding
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		4420Confirmed Breeding
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		760Confirmed Breeding
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		3970Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		280
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3320
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		3140Probably Breeding
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		750
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		1000
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		740
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		7830
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		14190Possibly Breeding
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		90
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		2190
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1020


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    Friday 26 April 2024 06:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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