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1992 a 3
2009 a √
a Braby (2011)
Toscanini pylons and Decca station
Coordinates: 20.82 S; 13.38 E
Description: Concrete pylons, a Decca aerial and a steel
mast (Brooke et al. 1982).
Conservation status: The sites are within SCNP.
Species and numbers breeding:

Cape Cormorant
Year No. of pairs
The southern entrance to Skeleton Coast National Park Namibia, 1976 a √
2007 (photo RJM Crawford) a Cooper et al. (1982)
White-breasted Cormorant White-breasted Cormorant
Year No. of pairs Year No. of pairs
1980 a ? 1978 a 41
1981 a 49
1979 a 40
a Brooke et al. (1982) 1980 a 4
Kelp Gull a Brooke et al. (1982)
Year No. of pairs
1982 a 3 Huab River lagoon and surrounds
Coordinates: 20.83 S; 13.43 E
a Bridgeford (1982) Description: There is a lagoon at the mouth of the Huab
River, where it meets the sea. The lagoon had a small
Henrietta Spachette wreck and saltpan island in it where White-breasted Cormorants nested (DBT
Coordinates: 20.35 S; 13.25 E unpubl.). Damara Terns nested on surrounding plains
Description: A shipwreck 4 km south of Torra Bay used by (Braby 2011).
Cape and White-breasted Cormorants for nesting (Brooke Conservation status: It is within SCNP.
et al. 1982, Cooper et al. 1982) and the neighbouring Species and numbers breeding:
saltpan, on the fringes of which Damara Terns nest (Braby White-breasted Cormorant
2011). Year No. of pairs
Conservation status: The sites are within SCNP. 2022 48
Species and numbers breeding:
Source: DB Tom (unpubl.)
Cape Cormorant
Year No. of pairs Damara Tern
1981 a 2 Year No. of pairs
1985 4
a Cooper et al. (1982)
1987 5
White-breasted Cormorant 1992/93 39
Year No. of pairs 2009 √
1978 a 27 2021/22 4
1979 a 15 Sources: 1985–2009 (Braby 2011); 2021/22 (Kolberg 2022)
1980 a 12
2. Single-species breeding localities
1981 a 12
a Brooke et al. (1982) a. Cape Cormorant

Damara Tern Terrace Bay
Year No. of pairs Coordinates: 19.98 S; 13.03 E
Description: Not recorded (Cooper et al. 1982).
1990 a 1 Conservation status: The site is within SCNP.
1991 a 4 Numbers breeding:

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