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South Africa, Cape Cormorants also feed mainly on sar- growth of the Bank Cormorant colony followed a shift to the
dine and anchovy (Masiko et al. 2021) and they partially south and east in the distribution of their main prey off
adapted to the shift in prey distributions by establishing South Africa Cape rock lobster (Jasus lalandii, Crawford et
new colonies in the south (Crawford et al. 2016). al. 2015).
The first record of Bank Cormorants at Stony Point Conservation status: It is a CapeNature reserve.
was of seven pairs in 1996. The colony then grew (Craw- Species and numbers breeding: Six seabird species
ford et al. 2008) and reached 71 pairs in 2019. Similarly have bred at this locality. Annual numbers of breeding pairs
to penguins and Cape Cormorants, the formation and are shown on the Stony Point table below.

African Cape Bank White-breasted Crowned Kelp
Year
Penguin Cormorant Cormorant Cormorant Cormorant Gull
1955 4
1956 0 0
1957 16
1967 0
1969 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 1 0
1983 1 0
1984 5 0
1985 11 0 0
1986 27 0
1987 41 0 28
1988 0
1989 69 0
1990 89 0
1991 77 0
1992 57 0
1993 40 0
1994 44 0
1995 0
1996 0 7 56 6
1997 0 22 15
1998 72 0 62 20
1999 0 14 111 10
2000 104 0 15 54
2001 111 0 13 32
2002 0
2003 123 0 13 52 2
2004 98 0 17 2 10
2005 186 0 22 47 13
2006 265 0 26 37 10
2007 260 0 24 35 13
2008 310 0 37 16 19
2009 487 0 41 59 26
2010 466 51 28 61 28 1
2011 1148 102 31 62 12
2012 1842 750 32 50 21
2013 2033 1279 46 86 34 1
2014 2045 490 51 36 26 1
2015 2533 536 62 54 33 1
2016 2388 1815 57 43 35 1
2017 1774 51 36 15
2018 1572 2069 70 56 41
2019 1705 71 28 28
2020 1772 1671 10 0 36 0
2021 1623
2022 1565

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