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Table 1: Numbers of counts made and maximum numbers of birds counted annually for Great White Pelican, White-breasted Cormorant,
Grey-headed Gull and Caspian Tern throughout the Lake St Lucia system 1975–2021
Great White White-breasted Grey-headed Caspian
Year Number of counts Pelican Cormorant Gull Tern
in year
Maximum counts of individuals per year
1975 1 2435 229 1301 533
1976 1 7 50 10
1977 0
1978 3 343 24 708 77
1979 3 935 23 1098 145
1980 5 794 85 828 169
1981 1 467 32 448 257
1982 0
1983 3 659 6 71 203
1984 2 319 61 1468 67
1985 3 1641 112 2303 883
1986 2 303 30 367 376
1987 4 1639 40 3650 524
1988 2 107 27 463 413
1989 1 150 27 291 413
1990 2 994 97 1079 205
1991 4 495 85 1123 692
1992 3 3978 217 1332 348
1993 4 1572 52 997 492
1994 4 524 114 1299 341
1995 4 1916 53 866 372
1996 4 2009 188 981 476
1997 4 1104 104 822 257
1998 3 176 53 701 401
1999 3 1775 47 938 330
2000 3 4772 148 1356 504
2001 3 322 74 722 91
2002 4 463 51 707 336
2003 2 759 13 345 53
2004 5 2176 128 526 259
2005 2 3875 120 1157 853
2006 1 19 30 37 74
2007 2 2065 487 758 202
2008 2 4140 545 1623 230
2009 2 5331 316 802 607
2010 2 200 137 270 127
2011 2 6571 1022 452 495
2012 2 7240 934 1195 800
2013 2 1132 778 1282 453
2014 2 1136 1710 2558 496
2015 2 4146 918 2866 965
2016 1 24 60 1
2017 1 176 494 171
2018 1 738 591 1259 823
2019 0
2020 1 1739 99 1232 380
2021 1 1182 1164 405 492

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