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    Dassen Island (33251805)

    Western Cape

    Card 510088
    Compiler 22315
    Location code 33251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-06-30
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:17
    End time 15:20
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 3708
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Overcast and a bit windy. Part of the coast not seen due to breeding White Pelicans and a small roost of Cape Cormorants. Kelp Gulls: 17 of the 491 were juveniles White-breasted Cormorants: 4 of the 34 were juveniles White Pelicans: 1 of the 373 were juveniles Swift Terns: 9 of the 230 were juveniles African Penguins: 32 of the 163 were juveniles
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    2Penguin, African
    (Spheniscus demersus)
    1630
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    373181Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    290
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    3530
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)
    9941Confirmed Breeding
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)
    2950
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    290
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    3440
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    2530
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)
    510
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    1090
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    190
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    170
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    5330
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    6790
    292Tern, Antarctic
    (Sterna vittata)
    00
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    2300
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    1180


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    Sunday 05 May 2024 09:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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