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different years are given on the following table. Maxima Abdolsbaai rocks
observed were 604 pairs of Cape Cormorant in 2016, Coordinates: 32.8122 S, 17.8766 E
202 pairs of Bank Cormorant in 2015, 24 pairs of White- Description: Rocks near the beach at Abdolsbaai.
breasted Cormorant in 2019 and 18 pairs of Crowned Conservation status: The rocks are not protected.
Cormorant in 2000. Species and numbers breeding: White-breasted Cormo-
rant and Kelp Gull bred at the rocks. Numbers of pairs of
each species that nested in different years are given on the
Year Cape Cormorant Bank Cormorant White- breasted Cormorant Crowned Cormorant following table. White-breasted Kelp
Year
1957 √ 1975 Cormorant Gull

√
1975 9 1976 14
1979 6 85 1983 1
1996 151 168 10 2011 0
2000 307 186 18 2012 0
2006 89 21 6 2013 0
2007 83
2011 50 4 Columbine rocks
Coordinates: 32.8256 S, 17.8443 E
2012 421 58 18 6 Description: Large rocks off Cape Columbine.
2015 99 202 16 4 Conservation status: The rocks are not protected.
2016 604 118 18 15 Species and numbers breeding: Cape, Bank and Crowned
2019 163 91 24 cormorant and Kelp Gull have bred at the rocks. Numbers
of pairs of each species that nested in different years are
given on the following table. Maxima observed were 169
Steenbras Bay rock pairs of Cape Cormorant in 2012, 109 pairs of Bank Cor-
Coordinates: 32.7483 S, 17.8939 E morant in 2015, 39 pairs of Crowned Cormorant in 2012
Description: A rock inshore at Steenbras Bay. and two pairs of Kelp Gull in 1981
Conservation status: It is not protected.
Species and numbers breeding: Cape and Crowned Cape Bank Crowned Kelp
cormorants bred at the rock. Numbers of pairs of each Year Cormorant Cormorant Cormorant Gull
species that nested in different years are given on the 1975 15
following table.
1980 45
Cape Crowned
Year 1981 11 2
Cormorant Cormorant
1981 25 19 1996 57
2012 0 27 2006 15
2009 144 15 18
Klein Paternoster rocks 2011 130 84
Coordinates: 32.8018 S, 17.8834 E 2012 169 99 39 1
Description: Rocks off Klein Paternoster Point.
Conservation status: The rocks are not protected. 2013 54 25 0
Species and numbers breeding: Cape and Bank 2014 0
cormorants and Kelp Gull bred at the rocks. Numbers of 2015 12 109 0
pairs of each species that nested in different years are
given on the following table. 2016 80 78 35 0
2017 10
Cape Bank
Year Kelp Gull 2018 130 37
Cormorant Cormorant
2019 0 13
2012 81 10 1
Information for 2009 was from CWAC Coordinated Waterbird Counts
2013 26 0 (https://cwac.birdmap.africa/cards_individual.php?card=501239)
2014 0
2015 17 35 0 References
2016 91 7 0 Barnes KN. 1998. Important bird areas of the Western Cape. In:
2019 0 0 Barnes K (ed.). The Important Bird Areas of Southern Africa.
BirdLife South Africa; Johannesburg: 219–267.

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