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2007 a 17
2007/08 a 80
2008/09 a 187
2021/22 b 23

a Braby (2011)
b From information in Kolberg (2022) as described by Braby
et al. (2022).

Guano Bay
Coordinates: 26.65 S; 15.10 E
Description: A bay on the west of the Lüderitz peninsula.
Conservation status: It is accessible to the public (Braby
Species and numbers breeding:
Damara Tern
Year No. of pairs
2007 a 1

2007/08 a 0
2008/09 a 0
a Braby (2011)
Grosse Bucht
Coordinates: 26.717 S; 15.667 E
Description: A salt pan c. 500 m wide and c. 500 m long African Penguins, Cape Gannets, Cape and Bank cormorants
directly north of Grosse Bucht Bay and 800 m from the sea. breeding at Ichaboe Island, 1993. There have been subsequent
It comprises salt, salt crusts, gravel and areas with sparse large decreases in penguins, gannets and Bank Cormorants (pho-
vegetation (Braby 2011). to RJM Crawford)
Conservation status: It is accessible to the public (Braby
2011). Damara Tern
Species and numbers breeding:
Year No. of pairs
1995/96 a 11
2007 a 7
2007/08 a 21
2008/09 a 17

a Braby (2011)
References

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Braby RJ, Braby J, Braby S, Simmons RE, Crawford RJM. 2024.
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the White-breasted Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, on the
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Cooper J, Brooke RK, Shelton PA, Crawford RJM. 1982.
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Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis. Fisheries Bulletin South
Cape Cormorants breeding above collected guano at Ichaboe Africa 16: 121–143.
Island, 2003. Klein Ichaboe is at the top right of the picture (photo Cooper J, Crawford RJM, Suter W, Williams AJ. 1990.
BM Dyer) Distribution, population size and conservation of the Swift

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