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Lake Bhangazi South Year No. of pairs
Coordinates: 28.12 S; 32.54 E
Description: Lake surrounded by forest woodland and 1949 √
sedge swamps. 1960 √
Species and numbers breeding:
Grey-headed Gull 1961 √
1965 √
Year No. of pairs 1966 √
2009 √ 1971 √
Bowker and Downs (2012) 1972 √
Tewate Bay 1973 100
Coordinates: 28.08 S; 32.51 E 1974 √
Description: Reeds and a few stunted trees at a stream
slightly south of Tewate Bay (28.085 S, 32.512 E). 1975 78
Species and numbers breeding: Berruti (1980)
White-breasted Cormorant
Lane Island
Year No. of pairs
Coordinates: 28.03 S; 32.48 E
1973 a 2 Description: A sandy island with some bare dry muddy
1974 a 1 sites, but mostly covered by short grassy vegetation.
Species and numbers breeding:
2014 56
Great White Pelican
a Berruti (1980)
Other record EKZN Wildlife (unpub. info.) Year No. of pairs
Intingwe Pan 1953 a √
Coordinates: 28.08 S; 32.52 E 1957 a √
Description: Perennial pan with emergent vegetation and
some open water. 1958 a 800
Species and numbers breeding:
White-breasted Cormorant 1959 a 225
1981 b 100
Year No. of pairs
1991 b √
1976 √
1997 b 5
Berruti (1980)
2011 1750
Hluhluwe River mouth 1 & 2
Coordinates: 28.04 S; 32.36 E 2012 700
Description: Groups of Vachellia nilotica trees growing on
raised banks at two sites on the south side of the Hluhluwe 2013 √
River at its entrance to False Bay. The two sites were
previously recorded as Hluhluwe 1 and Hluhluwe 2 but White-breasted Cormorant
were lumped together as Hluhluwe 1 & 2 by Bowker and
Downs (2012). Year No. of pairs
Species and numbers breeding:
White-breasted Cormorant 1994 c 43
Note: 340 White-breasted Cormorants were counted on aerial
photographs of the island taken in winter 2015 and may have been
nesting (C Fox unpubl.)

A view of the Mamba Stream waterbird breeding colony, June
2021 (photo S Mfeka) A view of Lake Bhangazi South in early 2022 (photo C Fox)

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