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    Dassen Island (33251805)

    Western Cape
    Card 510038
    Compiler 22315
    Location code 33251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-03-27
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:25
    End time 15:01
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 13351
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Sunny, light wind, mid tide. Parts of the coast not seen due to big roosts of Cape Cormorants and some settling Hartlaub's gulls. White Pelicans: 5 of the 12 counted where juveniles Kelp Gulls: 36 of the 588 counted where juveniles White-breasted Cormorants: 10 of the 46 counted where juveniles African Penguins: 38 of the 448 counted where juveniles 15 Bank Cormorant nests 6 Crowned Cormorant nests 21 White-breasted Cormorant nests
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    2Penguin, African
    (Spheniscus demersus)    		4480
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		460Confirmed Breeding
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		89060
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		650Confirmed Breeding
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		2720Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		700
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3610
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		2410
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		1030
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		930
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		190
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		5880
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		12670
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1260
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		100
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		5690
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1020


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 01:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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