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    Dassen Island (33251805)

    Western Cape
    Card 510497
    Compiler 22315
    Location code 33251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:03
    End time 15:16
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 5299
    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. Big part of the coast not seen due to settling and breeding birds. Cape Cormorants: 39 of the 2688 were juveniles. Crowned Cormorants: 30 of the 317 were juveniles. White-breasted Cormorants: 7 of the 26 were juveniles and 4 were chicks. White Pelicans: 69 of the 77 were juveniles. African Penguins: 4 of the 69 seen were juveniles. Kelp Gulls: 153 of the 646 were juveniles
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    2Penguin, African
    (Spheniscus demersus)    		960Confirmed Breeding
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		770Confirmed Breeding
    44Gannet, Cape
    (Morus capensis)    		110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		263Confirmed Breeding
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		2688391Confirmed Breeding
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		478Confirmed Breeding
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		31788Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		630
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2250
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		3490Probably Breeding
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		560
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		880
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		103
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		430
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3230
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		4850
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		2400
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1280


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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