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    Dassen Island (33251805)

    Western Cape
    Card 510736
    Compiler 22315
    Location code 33251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-05-27
    Season OOther
    Start time 10:03
    End time 15:48
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 4585
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Sunny, light wind, light mist in the morning, big swells. Part of the coast not seen properly due to big groups of juvenile Cape Cormorants. Crowned Cormorants: 29 of the 329 were chicks/juveniles White-breasted Cormorants: 15 of the 29 were juveniles/chicks African Penguins: 9 of the 241 were juveniles Kelp Gulls: 62 of the 388 were juveniles African Oystercatcher: 5 of the 221 were juveniles Cape Cormorants: 1366 of the 1475 were chicks
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    2Penguin, African
    (Spheniscus demersus)    		2410Confirmed Breeding
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		2460
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		291Confirmed Breeding
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		14750Confirmed Breeding
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		5424Confirmed Breeding
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		3282Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		730
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1730
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		2210
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		200
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		1120
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		220
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3880
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		9680Confirmed Breeding
    292Tern, Antarctic
    (Sterna vittata)    		230
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		320
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1510


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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