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Table 2: Records of breeding by Great White Pelican, White-breasted Cormorant, Grey-headed Gull and Caspian Tern at
Lake St Lucia. Numbers given do not necessarily reflect complete counts. ‘√’ indicates birds bred but numbers were not
estimated and ‘?’ birds may have bred. Colour codes are used to indicate sources of information

Great White- Grey- Caspian Great White- Grey- Caspian
Year White breasted headed Tern Year White breasted headed Tern
Pelican Cormorant Gull Pelican Cormorant Gull
Number of pairs Number of pairs
1920 √ 1982 1000 45
1925 1 √ 1983 √ 100
1926 1 1984 70 500 247
1927 7 √ 1985 625 27 30
1929 2 40 1986 800 50
1932 √ 100 √ 1987 305 410 201
1933 1000 100 1988 150 288 176
1948 110 1989 1000 119
1949 375 √ 58 331 1990 1000 150 290
1950 1000 √ 150 1991 √ 8 100
1951 √ 100 √ 1992 1500 81 1500 175
1952 500 √ √ 1993 1500 √ √
1953 √ √ √ 1994 300 86 200 92
1954 1000 1995 0 √ 80
1955 500 √ √ 1996 1206 √ 210
1956 √ √ √ 1997 2005 199 75
1957 √ 75 √ √ 1998 2668 √ 60
1958 800 √ 100 180 1999 1300 √ 134
1959 725 √ 100 150 2000 850 7 557 250
1960 0 √ √ √ 2001 200 300
1961 ? √ √ √ 2002 2200 90 60
1962 √ √ 2003 456 237 60
1963 500 √ 2004 750 132
1964 600 300 √ 2005 129 √
1965 500 √ 2006
1966 1500 √ 2007 238 √
1967 0 √ √ 2008 260
1968 1500 100 2009 243 √ 380
1969 1100 √ √ 2010 15
1970 1350 2 2 √ 2011 2710 56 68 35
1971 1000 √ √ √ 2012 3700 84 √ 170
1972 1750 √ 750 750 2013 √ 40 400 200
1973 1117 102 √ √ 2014 √ 227 ?
1974 1750 1 √ √ 2015 3500 300
1975 1500 78 √ √ 2016
1976 1750 √ 100 60 2017 √
1977 1750 180 30 2018
1978 2000 √ 2019 ?
1979 100 200 √ 2020 ? ?
1980 0 250 150 2021 1000 233 64 157
1981 100 200 135

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