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Schaapen Island of Saldahna Bay, it has an area of c. 41 ha and is sparsely
Coordinates: 33.092 S; 18.021 E covered by vegetation (Rand 1963), including bushes that
Description: A low-lying island to the east of Meeuw Is- may be used for nesting by cormorants. There is no ac-
land at the entrance to Langebaan Lagoon on the south commodation at the island.

Numbers (pairs) of different seabird species breeding at Schaapen Island, 1781–2021
White- Grey- Greater
Cape Bank Crowned Kelp Hartlaub's Caspian
Year breasted headed Crested
Cormorant Cormorant Cormorant Gull Gull Tern
Cormorant Gull Tern
1781 √
1888 √
1923 32 √
1924 √
1945 2
1948 2
1949 few 1 5
1952 15
1953 118
1962 44 50
1963 137 150 1000 50
1970 2
1971 70
1972 236
1973 481
1977 44 11
1978 141 0 0 197 2342 20
1979 207 81 3000
1984 0
1985 0
1986 14 116 3613
1987 76 2 2500 185 200
1988 0
1989 0 1500 0
1990 0 1 174 5
1991 0 241 5294 643 588
1992 c.650 0 260 4944 133 656 1
1993 0 92 4081 154 0 0
1994 264 0 176 5168 1103 81 0
1995 130 213 5378 957 1 149 0
1996 1155 0 101 158 4808 154 0 0
1997 111 150 5161 1005 420 0
1998 879 1 96 19 6074 28 0 0
1999 790 56 47 6055 15 0 0
2000 1000 55 178 6178 976 257 1
2001 1577 86 43 6225 1641 200 1
2002 1486 82 40 5686 0 0 1
2003 1171 45 217 5196 220 0 1
2004 2069 2 211 5124 1087 38 1
2005 2142 0 78 4993 125 0 1
2006 557 0 0 196 5201 575 11 1
2007 5 0 0 71 3408 147 2993 1
2008 193 0 0 253 3207 11 3246 0
2009 2108 0 0 160 3303 0 0 1
2010 229 0 0 125 2846 0 0 1
2011 900 0 0 20 1611 0 0 1
2012 1582 0 0 52 1476 925 0 317 1
2013 7 0 0 187 1179 594 0 82 1
2014 25 0 0 167 1079 20 0 0 0
2015 142 0 0 85 879 28 0 120 1
2016 139 0 0 23 820 2 0 1 0
2017 56 0 0 25 804 168 0 416 2
2018 206 0 0 80 853 0 0 0 1
2019 113 0 0 17 887 733 0 1 1
2020 136 0 0 11 704 0 1
2021 542 0

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