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Year No. of nests
1926 a 50
2012 b 0

Source: Godfrey (1926), Crawford et al. (2013)
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a
Hole-in-the-wall
Coordinates: 32.033 S; 29.117 E
Description: This is a natural, sandstone arch that is
surrounded by sea at high tide but connected to the
mainland by a sandy beach at low tide.
Conservation status: It is not protected.
Species breeding: Cape Cormorant and White-breasted
Cormorant
Numbers breeding:
Site of heronry (now abandoned) on the east bank of Nahoon Cape Cormorant
River above Batting Bridge, East London, June 2021 (photo
PA Whittington) Year No. of nests
1925 or 26 2
Source: a Crawfordet al. (2013), b PA Whittington
(unpublished information) 2012 0
Note: Breeding of White-breasted Cormorants among a
a colony of breeding herons and egrets was reported by Source: Cooper et al. (1982), Department of Forestry,
K Marshall in 2012. The site was monitored from 2012– Fisheries and the Environment (unpublished record)
2020 and breeding was only recorded in 2012 and 2014,
although there was a roost of up to 50 birds present each White-breasted Cormorant
evening. Year No. of nests

Morgan Bay c. 1932 a √
Coordinates: 32.733 S; 28.333 E 1980 b,c 3
Description: Sea cliffs south of Morgan Bay. 2012 d 1
Conservation status: Not protected.
b
c
a
Species breeding: White-breasted Cormorant. Source: Godfrey (1932), Brooke at al. (1982), Boshoff
d
Numbers breeding: and Riekert (1982), Crawford et al. (2013)
Year No. of nests References
c. 1950 a 20 Boshoff AF, Riekert BR. 1982. White-breasted Cormorant.
1980 a 15 Cormorant 10: 125.
2012 b 12 Brooke RK, Cooper J, Shelton PA, Crawford RJM. 1982. Taxonomy,
distribution, population size, breeding and conservation of
Source: Brooke et al. (1982), Crawford et al. (2013) the White-breasted Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, on the
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southern African coast. Le Gerfaut 72: 189–220.
Mazeppa Bay Cooper J, Brooke RK, Shelton PA, Crawford RJM. 1982.
Coordinates: 32.433 S; 28.650 E Distribution, population size and conservation of the Cape
Description: Uncertain but probably a small, rocky island Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis. Fisheries Bulletin South
at Mazeppa Bay that can be accessed by wading at low Africa 16: 121–143.
tide or by a hang bridge. Crawford RJM, Cooper J, Shelton PA. 1982. Distribution,
Conservation status: Not protected. population size, breeding and conservation of the Kelp Gull
in southern Africa. Ostrich 53: 164–177.
Species breeding: White-breasted Cormorant Crawford RJM, Randall RM, Whittington PA, Waller LJ, Dyer BM,
Numbers breeding: Allan DG, Fox C, Martin AP, Upfold L, Visagie J, Bachoo S,
Year No. of nests Bowker M, Downs CT, Fox R, Huisamen J, Makhado AB,
Oosthuizen WH, Ryan PG, Taylor RH, Turpie JK. 2013.
2012 1 South Africa’s coastal-breeding white-breasted cormorants:
population trends, breeding season and movements, and
Source: Crawford et al.(2013) diet. African Journal of Marine Science 35: 473–490.
Crawford RJM, Randall RM, Cook TR, Ryan PG, Dyer BM, Fox R,
Shixini River mouth Geldenhuys D, Huisamen J, McGeorge C, Upfold L, Visagie
Coordinates: 32.333 S; 28.717 E J, Waller LJ, Whittington PA, Wilke CG, Makhado AB. 2016.
Description: A cliff on the southern side of the mouth of Cape cormorants decrease, move east and adapt foraging
the Shixini River. strategies following eastward displacement of their main
Conservation status: Not protected. prey. African Journal of Marine Science 38: 373–383.
Species breeding: White-breasted Cormorant Fox C, Taylor RH, Crawford RJM. 2002. Breeding by seabirds at
Numbers breeding Lake St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal. This volume.

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