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same species at Malgas Island. Human disturbance may of other seabirds. Maxima observed for other species were
have contributed to the loss of the Bank Cormorant colony 97 pairs of Crowned Cormorant, 2,582 pairs of Kelp Gull,
(BMD pers. obs.). About 285 pairs of White-breasted 1,600 pairs of Hartlaub’s Gull, two pairs of Grey-headed
Cormorant bred in 1956 but none have done so since Gull, 3,012 pairs of Greater Crested Tern and two pairs of
1989. From 3–5 pairs of Leach’s Storm Petrel bred at Caspian Tern.
the island between 2000 and 2002, this species having
only bred elsewhere in the Benguela ecosystem at Dassen Meeuw Island
and Dyer islands. Three pairs of Great White Pelicans Coordinates: 33.086 S; 18.008 E
bred at the island in 2012, but they have since been Description: A low-lying island at the entrance to Lange-
discouraged from doing so on account of their eating chicks baan Lagoon on the south of Saldanha Bay, it has an area

Numbers (pairs) of different seabird species breeding at Meeuw Island, 1949–2021

Year Cape Cormorant Bank Cormorant White- breasted Cormorant Crowned Cormorant Kelp Gull Hartlaub's Gull Greater Crested Tern Caspian Tern

1949 few
1950 √
1963 40 343 1000 11
1971 > 6
1978 55 0 58 185 √
1979 29 0
1973
1984 0
1986 27 48 530
1987 74 15 0 0
1988 0
1989 200 √ 0 0
1990 101 11 0
1991 99 131 212 1231 0 0
1992 112 186 861 0 0
1993 117 159 1271 0 0 1
1994 79 217 1233 0 0 1
1995 2 214 1738 0 0 2
1996 330 0 182 1786 265 0 2
1997 0 316 1337 0 0 1
1998 0 0 100 1675 0 0 0
1999 705 0 203 1562 0 0 0
2000 500 48 275 2215 0 0 0
2001 1406 69 211 2200 0 0 1
2002 436 52 174 1209 300 1500 1
2003 802 53 296 1398 21 772 1
2004 1062 102 251 1395 164 56 1
2005 336 111 112 991 0 0 1
2006 326 98 104 1073 0 0 1
2007 129 110 2 826 0 0 1
2008 362 90 140 1093 21 0 1
2009 493 69 116 825 0 0 1
2010 51 92 259 631 1 0 1
2011 250 134 98 614 0 0 1
2012 51 141 3 374 23 0 1
2013 42 66 53 277 14 80 1
2014 136 74 85 253 204 64 1
2015 13 22 174 258 0 0 1
2016 45 27 114 221 0 0 1
2017 0 37 72 173 47 21 1
2018 55 34 133 137 0 0 1
2019 1 26 67 426 0 0 1
2020 55 30 67 10 0 0
2021 28 9 25 0

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