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    Dassen Island (33251805)

    Western Cape
    Card 510052
    Compiler 22315
    Location code 33251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-04-30
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:50
    End time 15:03
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 6223
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Partly cloudy. Bit misty in the morning, mid tide, light wind. Parts of the coast could not be seen properly due to roosts of Cape Cormorants and breeding Hartlaub's Gulls Individuals on nests are included in the total birds counted. White-breasted Cormorant nests: 16 nests . 6 juveniles Bank Cormorant nests: 28 nests Kelp Gulls: 19 of the 336 where juveniles White Pelicans: 1 of the 10 where juveniles African Penguins: 40 of the 251 where juveniles African Oystercatcher: 1 of the 300 where juveniles Swift Terns: 12 of the 148 where juveniles Black-crowned Night Heron: 1 of the 5 was a juvenile
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0August. S
     
    0Liedeman. L
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    2Penguin, African
    (Spheniscus demersus)    		2510
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		100
    44Gannet, Cape
    (Morus capensis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		660Confirmed Breeding
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		13540
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		860Confirmed Breeding
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		2050
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		370
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2980
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		3000
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		720
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		960
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		260
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		230
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3360
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		25790Confirmed Breeding
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1370
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		300
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1480
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1320


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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