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Preekstoel, Kleinmond Year Kelp Gull Hartlaub's Gull
Coordinates: 34.3463 S; 19.0351 E
Description: Rocks off a point at the southeast of Klein- 2014 0
mond. 2015 0
Conservation status: It is not protected. 2016 0
Species and numbers breeding: Four cormorant spe- 2017 0
cies have bred at Preekstoel: Cape (maximum 52 pairs 2018 0
in 2012), Bank (five pairs in 2022), White-breasted (maxi-
mum nine pairs in 2012), Crowned (maximum eight pairs Klein Riviers Vlei, Hermanus
in 1969). However, the last records for White-breasted and Coordinates: 34.4193 S; 19.3744 E
Crowned cormorants were in 2012. Annual numbers (pairs) Description: A vlei to the east of Hermanus on the west-
are shown in the following table. ward flowing river.
Conservation status: It is not protected.
White-
Cape Bank Crowned Species and numbers breeding: 250 pairs of Hartlaub’s
Year breasted
Cormorant Cormorant Cormorant Gull bred at the vlei in 2020 (DFFE unpubl.).
Cormorant
1969 8 8 De Plaat, Walker Bay
1980 2 Coordinates: 34.5251 S; 19.0363 E
2011 0 Description: A sandy beach along the east of Walker Bay.
2012 52 9 5 Conservation status: It is in Walker Bay Nature Reserve.
2013 0 Species and numbers breeding: One Kelp Gull nest was
2014 3 0 recorded in 2011 (Whittington et al. 2016).
2015 0 0
2016 0 0 Danger Point abalone farm
2017 0 0 0 Coordinates: 34.6002 S; 19.3372 E
2018 1 0 0 Description: Breeding was on the premises of the Irvin &
2019 0 0 Johnson abalone farm, which is adjacent to the lighthouse.
Conservation status: It has no formal protection but is
2022 5
fenced.
Theewaterskloof Dam Species and numbers breeding: Greater Crested Tern
Coordinates: 34.0118 S; 19.1946 E bred at the farm in 2016. Crowned Cormorant and Hart-
Description: A large inland, freshwater dam in a mountain laub’s Gull bred there in 2017. None of these species bred
catchment that is 34 km from the coast at Gordon’s Bay. at the farm in 2018 or 2019. Numbers of pairs nesting are
Depending on the water level there are islands in the dam. shown on the following table.
Conservation status: It is not protected.
Crowned
Species and numbers breeding: Forty pairs of Grey- Year Cormorant Hartlaub's Greater Crested
Gull
Tern
headed Gull bred at the dam in 2004 (McInnes and Allan
2011) and eleven Kelp Gulls bred there in December 2022, 2004 0
ten on a vegetated rocky island and one on a smaller rocky 2016 1157
island (BM Dyer unpubl.). 2017 96 150 4680
2018 0 0 0
Vermont salt pan 2019 0 0 0
Coordinates: 34.4108 S; 19.1588 E
Description: A salt pan to the north of Vermont.
Conservation status: It is not protected. Seal Rock, Franskraal
Species and numbers breeding: Kelp Gull and Hartlaub’s Coordinates: 34.6120 S; 19.3934 E
Gull each bred once at this site. Numbers (pairs) are given Description: An offshore rock close to Franskraal village.
on the following table. Conservation status: It is not protected.
Species and numbers breeding: Seal Rock is situated
Year Kelp Hartlaub's < half a kilometre from the mainland in Frikkiesbaai. It cov-
Gull Gull ers an area of c. 500 m and rises to a height of c. 8 m
2
1979 6 (Shelton and Brooke 1980). It held 113 pairs of Bank Cor-
1984 1 morant in 1979 but the colony was extinct by 1996. Smaller
2006 0 numbers of White-breasted Cormorant, Crowned Cormo-
rant and Hartlaub’s Gull bred between 1976 and 1980 but
2007 0 none thereafter. In 1977, the 11 Crowned Cormorants pairs
2008 0 bred on a small rocky island between Seal Rock and the
2009 0 mainland (Shelton and Brooke 1980). Details of numbers
2010 0 of pairs observed are shown in the following table. None
2011 0 of the species were observed breeding in 1996 or sub-
2012 0 sequently, presumably as a result of human disturbance
2013 0 (Shelton and Brooke 1980, Crawford et al. 1999).

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