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    Dassen Island (33251805)

    Western Cape
    Card 510720
    Compiler 22315
    Location code 33251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-03-30
    Season OOther
    Start time 10:00
    End time 15:13
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 8269
    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, light wind got windier later on. Big part of the coast not seen due to breeding Cape Cormorants & Hartlaub's Gulls. African Oystercatcher: 7 of the 151 were juveniles. Swift Terns: 12 of the 403 were juveniles. Kelp Gulls: 19 of the 192 were juveniles. Cape Cormorants: 3394 of the 5987 were chicks. Crowned Cormorants: 44 of the 151 were chicks. White-breasted Cormorants: 10 of the 27 were chicks/juveniles. African Penguins: 6 of the 164 were juveniles. White Pelicans: 1 of the 36 as a juvenile.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    2Penguin, African
    (Spheniscus demersus)    		1644
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		360
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		270Confirmed Breeding
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		59870Confirmed Breeding
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		350Confirmed Breeding
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		1510Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		270
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1220
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		1510
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		610
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		660
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1120
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1920
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		6070Confirmed Breeding
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		4030
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		890


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 11:01
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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