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Cape White-breasted Greater Crested
Year Bank Cormorant Crowned Cormorant Hartlaub's Gull
Cormorant Cormorant Tern
1996 509 10 3 52 0
1997 5 0 26 0
1998 0 0
1999 0 0
2000 0 0
2001 0 0
2002 0 437
2003 0 30 550
2004 0 5 2
2005 0 100 100
2006 5 0 3 0
2007 0 0 0
2008 0 20 0 0
2009 0 0 0
2010 0 0 0
2011 2 0 26 27 0
2012 300 4 0 54 7 0
2013 66 2 0 47 6 0
2014 2 0 0 0
2015 133 2 0 18 15 0
2016 2 0 15 0
2017 2 0 0 0
2018 0 0 0 0 0
2019 0 0 0 0

Species and numbers breeding: Maxima of 509 pairs Species and numbers breeding: Both of southern Africa’s
of Cape Cormorant, 10 pairs of Bank Cormorant, three Chroicocephalus gulls bred at the site. Maxima of 80 pairs
pairs of White-breasted Cormorant (all in 1996), 54 pairs of of Hartlaub’s Gull in 2017 and 25 pairs of Grey-headed Gull
Crowned Cormorant (in 2012), 100 pairs of Hartlaub’s Gull in 1993 and 1994 were recorded. Details of observations
(in 2005) and 550 pairs of Greater Crested Tern (in 2003) are given on the table below.
have bred at the Koeberg site (see table above).
Year Hartlaub's Grey-headed
Paarl Water Waste Treatment Works Gull Gull
Coordinates: 33.6895 S; 18.9795 E 1980 2
Description: The works comprise several treatment pans
and adjacent land and are flanked on the west by the Berg 1981 7
River. 1991 14
Conservation status: Part of the treatment works is ac- 1992 6
cessible to the public. 1993 25
1994 25
2004 3
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 12 12
2013 0 5
2014 0 5
2015 0 0
2016 0 0
Hartlaub’s Gulls at Dassen Island (photo L Upfold) 2017 80 20

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