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Table 1: Estimated numbers of Roseate Terns (pairs) breeding in South Africa, 1936–2022. Records for Seal Island for 1936–1947 were
for Seal and Stag islands, no differentiation being made between them.‘√’ signifies that breeding occurred at a site but the numbers were
not ascertained; ‘?’ that breeding may have taken place
Dyer Cape Jahleel St Croix Seal Island, Stag Bird Island,
Year Total
Island Recife Island Island Algoa Bay Island Algoa Bay
1909 √
1913 √
1919 √
1929 √
1936 √
1937 √
1940 √ √
1945 √
1947 √
1948 √
1963 √ 42
1964 √
1966 7
1967 30 30
1968 55 55
1969 0 √
1970 0
1971 6 0 c. 70
1972 √ 0
1973 √ 0 0
1974 √ 0 0
1975 √ 0 c. 53 53
1976 0 0 25 c. 30 79
1977 0 0 36 0 128
1978 0 0 0 0 c. 40
1979 0 30 √
1980 ? √
1981 0 0 ?
1982 0 √ √
1983 0 ? √ √
1984 0 0 √
1985 √ √
1986 0 0 134 0 0 130 264
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 1
1992 0 9 0 0 112 121
1996 10 0 0 0 0 152 162
1997 5 0 44 0 0 178 227
1998 3 0 0 0 0 180 183
1999 11 0 0 0 0 215 226
2000 6 0 0 0 0 245 251
2001 18 243 261
2002 17 √
2003 15 0 30 0 0 60 105
2004 3 30 60 93
2005 16 0 29 0 0 118 163
2006 16 0 0 0 0 155 171
2007 13 0 51 0 0 153 217

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