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    Dassen Island (33251805)

    Western Cape
    Card 510360
    Compiler 22315
    Location code 33251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-11-29
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:30
    End time 15:54
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 6559
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Sunny. Started out with a light wind, got windier towards afternoon. White-breasted Cormorants: of the 18, 1 where a juvenile and 7 were chicks. Crowned Cormorants: of the 345, 6 were juveniles and 35 were chicks. Cape Cormorants: of the 887, 41 were juveniles. Kelp Gulls: of the 1141, 26 were juveniles and 2 were chicks. Egyptian Geese: of the 786, 3 were chicks. White-fronted Plover: of the 107, 2 were chicks. African Penguins: of the 942, 283 were chicks. White Pelicans: of the 269 10 were juveniles and 5 were chicks. Sacrid Ibis: of the 263, 14 were chicks.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    2Penguin, African
    (Spheniscus demersus)    		9420
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		269126Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1810Confirmed Breeding
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		88780Confirmed Breeding
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		730
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		345130Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		26336Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		7860
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		3710
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		510
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		1070
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		120
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		840
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		11410Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1720
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		7040
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		760
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		980
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1310
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Sunday 05 May 2024 10:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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