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of c. 7 ha and is mostly covered by vegetation (Rand 1963), Species and numbers breeding: Eight seabird species
including some shrubs that may be used for nesting by have bred at Meeuw Island. Their numbers are given on
cormorants. There is no accommodation at the island but the following table applicable to this island. A few Bank Cor-
there are remnants of a small building that may have been morants were reported to have bred in 1949 but they have
used for storage. In 1940, 3 metric tons of seabird guano not been recorded to do so subsequently. Maxima for other
were removed from Meeuw and Schaapen islands (Tom et species have been 1,406 pairs of Cape Cormorant, 200
al. 2022).
Conservation status: It is part of a base of the South pairs of White-breasted Cormorant, 343 pairs of Crowned
African National Defence Force (SANDF) at the north of Cormorant, 2,215 pairs of Kelp Gull, 300 pairs of Hartlaub’s
the Langebaan Peninsula, is managed as a conservation Gull, 1,500 pairs of Greater Crested Tern and 11 pairs of
area and may only be accessed under permit from SANDF. Caspian Tern.

Views across Jutten Island (photos top BM Dyer, bottom PJM Crawford)

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