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Numbers (pairs) of different seabird species breeding at Vondeling Island, 1956–2022

African Great Cape Bank White- Crowned Kelp Hartlaub's Greater Caspian
Year White breasted Crested
Penguin Cormorant Cormorant Cormorant Gull Gull Tern
Pelican Cormorant Tern
1956 300 8300 29
1967 95 29
1969 22
1976 1028
1978 276 7890 28 0 23 145
1979 495 1 47 1
1980 3000 29
1981 48
1984 0
1985 2 17 0 261
1987 196 46 3 24 0 0
1988 252 0
1989 109 200 0 2 3 0 0
1990 1038 25 3 40 143 0 0
1991 229 4116 57 5 31 350 80
1992 133 6140 42 0 72 4 0
1993 141 4 33 0 32 188 0 0
1994 169 10717 65 0 64 237 58 0
1995 205 2295 40 9 72 17 0
1996 258 3994 44 3 43 356 0 0
1997 361 4159 31 3 33 276 0 0
1998 157 2525 20 0 38 270 21 0
1999 333 3427 24 0 45 0 0
2000 528 945 36 0 66 363 0 0
2001 649 8 5018 27 0 40 114 0 0
2002 544 0 2126 42 0 34 377 0 0
2003 622 0 6314 17 0 57 366 0 0
2004 612 0 1486 24 0 35 219 1 0
2005 564 9 3182 20 0 83 259 0 0
2006 396 0 1449 17 0 47 234 0 0 1
2007 345 0 2005 14 0 59 163 0 0 0
2008 507 0 1670 19 0 44 225 0 0 1
2009 361 0 5017 5 0 39 178 0 0 0
2010 164 0 273 6 0 5 131 0 0 0
2011 158 0 1177 3 0 9 69 0 0 0
2012 175 0 350 3 0 6 0 0 0
2013 150 0 103 1 0 24 61 0 0 0
2014 116 0 228 5 0 11 61 0 0 0
2015 123 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
2016 82 0 172 0 0 24 0 0 0
2017 101 0 124 0 0 42 0 0 0
2018 111 0 6 0 0 20 0 0 0
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 0
2021 106 0 0
2022 115 4 27

towards Yzerfontein. It runs along the Atlantic Ocean. Caspian Island
Conservation status: It is mostly within WCNP (Barnes Coordinates: 33.183 S; 18.106 E
1998). Description: A muddy island at the east of Langebaan
Species and numbers breeding: One Kelp Gull nest was Lagoon that is connected to the mainland by a marsh. It
observed on the beach in 1985 and another in 1988 (Whit- is covered by vegetation. Surface-nesting seabirds use
tington et al. 2016, DFFE unpublished records). the drier, higher portions of the island to breed.

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