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    Dassen Island (33251805)

    Western Cape
    Card 510296
    Compiler 22315
    Location code 33251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-08-27
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:14
    End time 14:57
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 6910
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Part of coast not seen due to breeding White Pelicans and a roost Cape Cormorants. Kelp Gulls: 51 of the 903 were juveniles. Cape Cormorants: 855 of the 3228 were juveniles. White-breasted Cormorants: 2 of the 30 were juveniles. African Penguins: 27 of the 125 were juveniles.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    22645Yandisa Cwecwe
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    2Penguin, African
    (Spheniscus demersus)    		1250
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		322186Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		300
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		32284Confirmed Breeding
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		7226Confirmed Breeding
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		35185Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		250
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1850
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		2700
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		420
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		820
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		9030
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		5310
    292Tern, Antarctic
    (Sterna vittata)    		1230
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		4360
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1370


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 01:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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