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Table 1: continued. Numbers of Grey-headed Gulls (pairs) breeding at coastal sites in southern Africa, 1865–2022: b) near Bredasdorp
to Muzi Pan (continued). Subsites of Swartkops River and Lake St Lucia are shown in red. ‘√’ signifies that breeding occurred at a site but
the numbers were not ascertained; ‘?’ that breeding may have taken place

Year Near Bredasdorp De Hoop Vlei Algoa Bay Swartkops River valley Bar None Saltpans Chatty Saltpans Redhouse Saltpans Power Station pans Fishwater Flats Tippers Creek Coega River Saltworks Sundays River Saltworks Lake St Lucia Vincent Islands Lake Bhangazi South Lane Island Lane Island extension Bird Island North Island Selley's Lakes False Bay North Muzi Pan

1992 14 14 0 0 14 1500 1500
1993 120 120 82 0 38 √ √
1994 0 0 0 0 0 200 200
1995 0 0 0 0 0 √ √
1996 37 6 0 0 6 31 √ √
1997 28 28 0 0 28 199 105 94
1998 74 59 0 0 59 15 √
1999 0 √ 0 √ 0 √ √
2000 92 90 50 40 0 2 728 728
2001 208 205 0 25 0 180 3 300 200 100
2002 63 63 0 63 0 90 90
2003 98 98 0 98 0 237 142 95
2004 111 84 15 69 0 27 132 1
2005 200 200 47 153 0 129 129
2006 608 608 608 0 0
2007 238 36 6 30 0 202
2008 456 0 0 456
2009 14 14 14 0 √
2010 248 234 234 0 14
2011 40 68 68
2012 121 46 46 0 75 √ √
2013 8 √ 8 0 400 400
2014 31 √ 31 0 0 ? ?
2015 0 √ 0 0
2016 163 163 155 0 8
2017 119 119 119 0 0
2018 0 0
2019
2020 600 600 0 600 0 0 0 ? ? ?
2021 500 500 0 500 0 0 0 0 64 64
2022 836 834 0 824 10 0 0 2

A Grey-headed Gull breeding at Robben Island, 1999 (photo RJM Crawford)

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