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Bird (Algoa Bay) group of islands (Seal, Stag, Bird); and subsites of Lake St Lucia.The most recent counts at subsites of the Swartkops River valley and Lake St Lucia are shown in red but, since birds
interchange sites, the sums of the most recent counts at subsites do not necessarily add to the most recent numbers obtained for Swartkops River valley or Lake St Lucia. Headings for the other six groups
of sites are not indicated on the table. All sub-sites of Super Sites have been highlighted in green, although they may not all have held, or still hold, substantial numbers of breeding birds, e.g. Marcus Island,
Marcus, Jutten, Schaapen and Caspian islands, Klein Vondeling, and 16-mile Beach), Algoa Bay estuaries (Swartkops, Sundays and Coega); the St Croix group of islands (Jahleel, Brenton, St Croix); the
Table 1: The most recent estimates of numbers (pairs) of 15 seabirds nesting at 369 coastal sites in the BUS and adjacent coastal areas in Angola and South Africa. Important breeding areas for each
species are indicated with grey shading and the ‘Top Thirty Seabird Super Sites’ with green shading. Note that theThirty Super Sites include several groupings of sites: Caution Reef and adjoining Horses
Graves; Ichaboe Island and adjacent Hottentot Bay Pan; Lüderitz islands (Penguin and Seal); the St Helena Bay saltworks (Velddrif and Lower Berg River); West Coast National Park (including Malgas,
Damara Tern 6 5 1 25 8 27 7 2 1 2 5 8 8 1 5 7 4 14 4 2
Roseate Tern
Caspian Tern 88

Greater Crested Tern

Grey- headed Gull 6

Hartlaub's Gull
Klein Vondeling, and 16-mile Beach in West Coast National Park. ‘√’ signifies that breeding occurred at a site but the numbers were not ascertained

Kelp Gull 954 1 3 1

Crowned Cormorant Most recent estimate (pairs)

White- breasted Cormorant 100 50 60 15 √ 10 43 49 12

Bank Cormorant

Cape Cormorant 94548 75 20 2

Cape Gannet

Great White Pelican 141

Leach's Storm Petrel

African Penguin

Ilha Sao João da Cazanga Ilha dos Pássaros 30 km north of Cunene River estuary Cunene River Estuary and surrounds 40 km south of Cunene River Kaiyo Maru wreck 10 km north of Angra Fria 100 km south of Cunene River Angra Fria to Cape Fria Cape Fria (c. 6 km inland) 5 km northeast of Möwe Bay Suidekus wreck 2 km north of Möwe Bay Möwe Bay airstrip Die Oase (c. 7.5 km inland) 13 km south of Möwe Bay 30 km south of Möwe Bay 50 km south of Möwe Bay 60 km so

Site Angola Ilha dos Tigres Namibia Sarusas Westies Mine Möwe Bay Terrace Bay Torra Bay

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