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    Dassen Island (33251805)

    Western Cape
    Card 510297
    Compiler 22315
    Location code 33251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-09-30
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:02
    End time 14:25
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 4507
    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, good visibility. Part of the coast not seen due to breeding White Pelicans and breeding Crowned Cormorants Kelp Gulls: 33 of the 966 were juveniles. Cape Cormorants: 15 of the 415 were juveniles. African Penguins: 176 of the 441 were juveniles. White-breasted Cormorants: 3 of the 25 were juveniles. White Pelicans: 26 of the 392 were chicks. Egyptian Goose: 15 of the 143 were chicks.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    22645Yandisa Cwecwe
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    2Penguin, African
    (Spheniscus demersus)    		4140
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		392245Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		257Confirmed Breeding
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		4124Confirmed Breeding
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		4711Confirmed Breeding
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		371193Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		270Probably Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1540Confirmed Breeding
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		2730
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		270
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		780
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		180
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		9660Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1460
    292Tern, Antarctic
    (Sterna vittata)    		3620
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		60
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		6370
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1220


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 11:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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