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    Dassen Island (33251805)

    Western Cape
    Card 510775
    Compiler 22315
    Location code 33251805Dassen Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-06-30
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:51
    End time 14:58
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 5466
    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, picked up near the end of the count, big swells. Part of the coast not seen properly due to breeding White Pelicans. White-breasted Cormorants: 1 of the 14 were juveniles/chicks Kelp Gulls: 55 of the 714 were juveniles "
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    2Penguin, African
    (Spheniscus demersus)    		14040
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		498334Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		4506Confirmed Breeding
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		6024Confirmed Breeding
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		31110Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		210
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3280
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		3040
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		590
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		940
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		530
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		7140
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		8500
    292Tern, Antarctic
    (Sterna vittata)    		350
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		430
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		410
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1690


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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