Page 5 - Atlas Sea Birds Ver1

Contents

Acknowledgements 1

1 Introduction 4

2 Breeding localities

2.1 Sea turtles

2.1.1 Population trends and conservation status of sea turtles off the coast of Angola 30
2.1.2 Population trends and conservation status of sea turtles in northern KwaZulu-Natal 38

2.2 Seabirds

2.2.1 Introduction to seabird breeding locality chapters 45

2.2.2 Angola

2.2.2.1 Coastal breeding sites of seabirds in Angola 49

2.2.3 Namibia

2.2.3.1 Coastal breeding localities of seabirds in Skeleton Coast National Park 55
2.2.3.2 Coastal breeding localities of seabirds between Ugab River Mouth and
Mile 4, Swakopmund 61
2.2.3.3 Seabirds breeding at Mile 4 Saltworks, north of Swakopmund 67
2.2.3.4 Coastal breeding sites of seabirds between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay 70
2.2.3.5 Breeding sites of seabirds along the coast of Namib Naukluft National Park 76
2.2.3.6 Breeding sites of seabirds between Hottentots Bay and Grosse Bucht 85
2.2.3.7 Breeding sites of seabirds between Wolf Bay and Chameis Pan 97
2.2.3.8 Seabirds breeding at Southern Coastal Mines, southwest Namibia 110

2.2.4 South Africa

2.2.4.1 Coastal breeding sites of seabirds in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province 117
2.2.4.2 Seabirds breeding coastally in South Africa between the Northern Cape and
Cape Columbine 129
2.2.4.3 Breeding sites of seabirds from Cape Columbine to West Coast National Park 143
2.2.4.4 Breeding sites of seabirds from south of the West Coast National Park to Paarl 159
2.2.4.5 Breeding sites of seabirds from Vöelsteen to Cape Point 168
2.2.4.6 Coastal breeding sites of seabirds around False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa 178
2.2.4.7 Coastal breeding sites of seabirds between Cape Hangklip and Cape Agulhas 188
2.2.4.8 Coastal breeding sites of seabirds between Cape Agulhas and Mossel Bay 202
2.2.4.9 Coastal breeding sites of seabirds between Gericke’s Punt and Arch Rock 211
2.2.4.10 Seabird breeding localities in the Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route
National Park 219
2.2.4.11 Mainland breeding localities between Tsitsikamma National Park and
Woody Cape 223
2.2.4.12 Breeding by seabirds at islands in Algoa Bay 238
2.2.4.13 Coastal breeding sites of seabirds in the Eastern Cape between Woody Cape
and KwaZulu-Natal 248
2.2.4.14 Seabird breeding localities on the KwaZulu-Natal coast south of Richards Bay 252
2.2.4.15 Seabirds breeding at Richards Bay and surrounding areas 256
2.2.4.16 Breeding by seabirds at Lake St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal 258
2.2.4.17 Seabird breeding localities in KwaZulu-Natal north of Lake St Lucia 270