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28° KWAZULU-
SOUTH AFRICA NATAL
30°
32° EASTERN Port Edward
CAPE
ATLANTIC WESTERN
34° OCEAN CAPE
Cape Agulhas
36° INDIAN OCEAN
16° 18° 20° 22° 24° 26° 28° 29° 30°

33° East London

Hamburg
Bushman’s River
.
. Hole-in-the-wall
Woody Cape
34° Port Elizabeth Shixini River
(Gqeberha)
Mazeppa Bay
Morgan Bay
26° 27° 28° 29°
Bridle Drift Buffalo River Nahoon River

Nculura River
Riet River
Kasouga-Kariega Point

Figure 1. The positions of the nine coastal localities in South Africa’s Eastern Cape between Woody Cape and KwaZulu-Natal where
breeding by seabirds has occurred
Bridle Drift, Buffalo River Year No. of nests
Coordinates: 32.933 S; 27.717 E
Description: A cliff above a dam. 2012 a 2
Conservation status: Bridle Drift Dam Nature Reserve is 2013 b 0
administered by Buffalo City Municipality. 2014 b 1
Species breeding: White-breasted Cormorant
Numbers breeding:
Year No. of pairs
2012 a 45
2017 b 40

Source: Crawford et al. (2013), Department of Forestry,
b
a
Fisheries and the Environment (unpublished record)
Note: Crawford et al. (2013) in error indicated 10 pairs at
Bridle Drift in 1997–2001.
Nahoon River
Coordinates: 32.967 S; 27.917 E
Description: Rocky slopes and thicket above a river.
Conservation status: Not protected.
Species breeding: White-breasted Cormorant White-breasted Cormorants nesting on a cliff above Bridle Drift
Numbers breeding: Dam, December 2012 (photo K Cole)

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