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Voeleiland, Buffeljags
Coordinates: 34.7441 S; 19.5994 E Year Bank White-breasted Crowned
Description: An island close to shore in Buffeljags Bay. Cormorant Cormorant Cormorant
Conservation status: It is not protected. 2014 34 24
Species and numbers breeding: Voeleiland had a small 2015 20 13
Bank Cormorant colony in 1963, which was extinct before 2016 18 6
1996. Details of observations are listed below. 2017 18 0
2018 11 7 0
Year No. of pairs 2019 17 29 0
1963 13 Die Dam
1996 0 Coordinates: 34.7662 S; 19.6847 E
2011 0 Description: A beach with offshore rocks at the northeast
2012 0 of Quoin Point. The adjacent shore is developed.
2013 0 Conservation status: It is not protected.
2014 0 Species and numbers breeding: Cape Cormorant and
2015 0 Caspian Tern have bred at Die Dam but did not do so in
2016 0 2018 and 2019. Numbers of pairs observed are shown on
2017 0 the following table.
2018 0 Year Cape Caspian
2019 0 Cormorant Tern
2020 0 1981 6
1982 8
Quoin Rock 1983 6
Coordinates: 34.7867 S; 19.6670 E 1984 11
Description: A barren rock c. 2.4 km east of Quoin Point 1987 12
and c. 1 ha in size that supports a herd of seals. African
Penguins and Great White Pelicans bred at the rock in the 1995 50
late 19th century and a few of both species continued to 2018 0 0
nest there until 1902, when they were ousted from it by 2019 0
seals (Rand 1963). Seal pups were recorded at Quoin 2 km west of Aasfontein
Rock in 1908 (Rand 1963). Bank Cormorants nested on Coordinates: 34.7671 S; 19.8067 E
high rocks among the seals in 1956 and 1957 (Rand 1963) Description: An offshore rock, 2 km west of Aasfontein.
and continue to do so. Conservation status: It is within Agulhas National Park.
Five metric tons of pelican guano were removed from Species and numbers breeding: White-breasted and
Quoin Rock in 1900 (Tom et al. 2024). Guano was collect- Crowned cormorants bred at this rock in 1981 but have not
ed at Quoin Rock as early as 1894 but collections ceased done so since 2011. Details of numbers of pairs observed
after 1904 (Rand 1963). are shown on the table below.
Conservation status: It was gazetted as the Quoin Rock
Provincial Nature Reserve in 1988 (Province of the Cape White-breasted Crowned
of Good Hope 1988) and is administered by CapeNature. Year Cormorant Cormorant
Species and numbers breeding: In addition to African
Penguin and Great White Pelican, whose colonies at 1981 12 35
Quoin Rock are extinct, three other species have bred at 2011 0
Quoin Rock, with maxima of 52 pairs of Bank Cormorant in 2012 0 0
1957, 32 pairs of White-breasted Cormorant in 2011 and 2013 0
14 pairs of Crowned Cormorant in 1993 (see following 2014 0
table). Crowned Cormorants no longer breed at Quoin 2015 0
Rock. 2016 0
2018 0 0
Bank White-breasted Crowned
Year Cormorant Cormorant Cormorant
Brandfontein
1956 21 Coordinates: 34.7708 S; 19.8837 E
1957 52 Description: A beach backed by a sandy, gravel plain.
1978 27 Conservation status: It is in a private nature reserve.
1979 13 20 Species and numbers breeding:
1993 14 Damara Tern
1996 31 Year No. of pairs
1997 14 1995 2
2006 10 2018 0
2011 13 32 0
2012 13 23 Source: 1995 (PA Whittington and G Nunn in litt.); 2018
2013 12 22 (DFFE unpubl.)

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