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Crowned Hartlaub's Greater
Year
Cormorant Gull Crested Tern
2010 0 0
2011 0 0
2012 6 0 0
2013 8 0 0
2014 46 15 0
2015 24 0 0
2016 3 0 0
2017 19 0 0
2018 2 0 0
A Cape Grysbok at Marcus Island in 2012 (photo BM Dyer) 2019 2 10 0
2020 0 0 0
decreased availability of quality food was considered a
probable cause of that initial decrease (Shelton et al. 1984). Gull and Greater Crested Tern have nested. Crowned
Cormorant has bred on seldom-used boats in the harbour,
Saldanha Harbour environs structures on the oil jetty and on buoys and the remnants
Coordinates: 33.038 S; 18.007 E of sunken boats inside the harbour.
Description: A mainland harbour that includes fishing Conservation status: The breeding sites are not protect-
factories, on the buildings and premises of which Hartlaub’s ed. However, access to the harbour is controlled.

Numbers (pairs) of different seabird species breeding around Species and numbers breeding: Numbers of birds
Saldanha Harbour, 1976–2020 breeding in and around Saldanha Harbour are
Crowned Hartlaub's Greater indicated on the table applicable to this locality. Up to
Year Cormorant Gull Crested Tern 46 pairs of Crowned Cormorant, 600 of Hartlaub’s Gull and
442 of Greater Crested Tern have bred there.
1976 200
1977 240 Jutten Island
1978 178 Coordinates: 33.083 S; 17.955 E
1981 260 Description: An island at the south of Saldanha Bay. It has
an area of c. 46 ha, rises to about 61 m above sea level and
1982 127
has a jetty and accommodation for temporary staff, sev-
1984 0 eral derelict buildings and a shed for guano on its northeast
1987 0 coast. There are two hills at the southeast of the island,
the rest of which is mainly flat with large boulders between
1988 300 0 which sparse (summer) to dense (winter) vegetation grows
1989 0 (Rand 1963). Stone and concrete walls subdivide the is-
1990 0 land (Rand 1963) facilitating counting of nesting birds and
1991 0 perhaps earlier the collection of penguin eggs.
Seabird guano was collected at Jutten Island in 79 years
1992 0 between 1897 and 1981, the total quantity removed from
1993 0 the island in this period being 21,175 metric tons (Tom et
1994 0 al. 2024).
1995 0 In 25 years between 1872 and 1967, 1,774,408
African Penguin eggs were harvested at Jutten Island
1996 0
(Makhado et al. 2024).
1997 0 Since 2005 small numbers of Cape Fur Seals have bred
1998 0 on a rock that is closely adjacent to Jutten Island. Up until
1999 130 300
2000 520 442
2001 600 184
2002 10 295 284
2003 9 68 7
2004 198 159
2005 58 0
2006 0 0
2007 0 0
2008 40 0
2009 0 0 An African Penguin nesting at Jutten Island (photo PJM Crawford)

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