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2. Other localities

Wolf Bay
Coordinates: 26.807 S; 15.127 E
Description: A mainland site. Crowned Cormorants nested
on a north-facing cliff, 40 m high in the middle of the Cape
Fur Seal colony (Shaughnessy and Shaughnessy 1978),
the establishment of which may have resulted from distur-
bance of seals at Long Islands by sealing (Crawford 1991).
Conservation status: It is in TKNP and has restricted ac-
cess.
Species and numbers breeding: Crowned Cormorants
have bred at Wolf Bay. Details of counts between 1974 and
2000 are shown on the following table.

Year No. of pairs
1974 a 23
1977 a 17
1979 a 30
1999 b 135

2000 c 84
a Crawford et al. (1982)
b Kemper (2015c)
c Du Toit et al. (2003)
Atlas Bay
Coordinates: 26.828 S; 15.141 E
Description: A mainland site. Crowned Cormorants nested
on the tops and ledges of three small stacks in the middle
Remains in the 1980s of the try-works at Possession Island used of the Cape Fur Seal colony (Shaughnessy and Shaugh-
to extract oil from seal blubber (photo RJM Crawford) nessy 1978), the establishment of which may have resulted
from disturbance of seals at Long Islands by sealing (Craw-
Devil’s Islet
Coordinates: 27.667 S; 15.520 E ford 1991).
Description: This islet is situated southwest of Sinclair Is- Conservation status: It is in TKNP and has restricted
land, from which it is separated by a narrow channel. Small access.
Species and numbers breeding: Crowned Cormorants
numbers of Cape and Crowned cormorants have bred on
the rock. have bred at Wolf Bay. Details of sporadic counts between
Conservation status: It falls within NIMPA and has re- 1974 and 2000 are shown on the following table.
stricted access (Currie et al. 2009). Year No. of pairs
Species and numbers breeding: Species known to have
bred at the islet and estimates of numbers breeding are 1974 a 8
shown on the following table. 1976 a 44

Estimated numbers (pairs) of different seabirds breeding at 1979 a 19
Devil’s Islet, 1946–1995 2000 b 51

Crowned a Crawford et al. (1982)
Year Cape Cormorant b Du Toit et al. (2003)
Cormorant
1946 5 Elizabeth Bay jetty and surrounds
1947 1 Coordinates: 26.919 S; 15.192 E
1978 58 7 Description: An infrequently used jetty on the east of
Elizabeth Point at the north of Elizabeth Bay, on which
1980 13 three species of cormorant have nested. Damara Terns
1985 5 bred c. 2.6 km inland at c. 26.915 S; 15.248 E on salt
1988 6 pans and gravel plains (Braby 2011).
Conservation status: It is in TKNP and has restricted
1993 4 access.
1995 4 Species and numbers breeding:

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