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Conservation status: It is within SCNP.
Year No. of pairs
Numbers breeding:
1979 a c. 20 Year No. of pairs
a Cooper et al. (1982) 1979 a 44

b. White-breasted Cormorant 1980 a 82
1981 a 52
Kaiyo Maru wreck
Coordinates: 18.13 S; 11.85 E 1984 b ≥ 48
Description: A shipwreck 10 km north of Angra Fria a Brooke et al. (1982)
(Brooke et al. 1982). b Photos of RJ Braby (1984)
Conservation status: It is within SCNP.
Numbers breeding: c. Kelp Gull
Year No. of pairs
Cape Fria
1979 a ? Coordinates: 18.43 S; 12.00 E
a Brooke et al. (1982) Description: About 6 km inland from Cape Fria (Bridgeford
1982).
Suidekus wreck Conservation status: It is within SCNP.
Coordinates: 19.35 S; 12.70 E Numbers breeding:
Description: A shipwreck 2 km north of Möwe Bay (Brooke Year No. of pairs
et al. 1982). a
Conservation status: It is within SCNP. 1982 1
Numbers breeding: a Bridgeford (1982)
Year No. of pairs
1978 a 19 North of Torra Bay
Coordinates: 20.17 S; 13.17 E
1979 a c. 50 Description: Amongst sand dunes approximately 10 km
1981 a 10 from the sea (Bridgeford 1982).
Conservation status: It is within SCNP.
a Brooke et al. (1982) Numbers breeding:
Year No. of pairs
Möwe Bay
Coordinates: 19.38 S; 12.72 E 1982 a 1
Description: A Decca aerial mast and observation tower a Bridgeford (1982)
(Brooke et al. 1982).
Conservation status: It is within SCNP. d. Damara Tern
Numbers breeding:
Year No. of pairs Description: The breeding habitat of Damara Terns in
SCNP consists of gravel and rocky plains, salt pans and
1978 a 32
dunes. Annual rainfall averages < 20 mm p.a. and fog is
1981 a 43 common. Vegetation is sparse at nesting areas (Braby
2011).
a Brooke et al. (1982) Conservation status: All Damara Tern sites listed below
fall within SCNP.
Montrose wreck Sources of information: All records except for 2021/22
Coordinates: 20.57 S; 13.25 E are from Braby (2011). Estimates for 2021/22 are from
Description: A shipwreck 16 km south of Palgrave Point information in Kolberg (2022) as described in (Braby et al.
(Brooke et al. 1982). 2024a). The most recent estimates of numbers of Damara
Conservation status: It is within SCNP. Terns breeding in SCNP suggest that a minimum of 192
Numbers breeding: pairs bred there, or c. 25% of the species’ population Braby
Year No. of pairs et al. 2024b).
1979 a 20
40 km south of Cunene River
1980 a 14 Coordinates: 17.50 S; 11.73 E
1981 a 11 Numbers breeding:
Year No. of pairs
a Brooke et al. (1982)
1992 3
10 km south of Toscanini 2021/22 1
Coordinates: 20.88 S; 13.45 E
Description: An oil-rig gantry 1.5 km inland (Brooke et al. 100 km south of Cunene River
1982). Coordinates: 18.15 S; 11.90 E

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