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6 km north of Torra Bay                           Ogden Rocks to Ugab River
                  Coordinates: 20.23 S; 13.22 E                     Coordinates: 21.08 S; 13.55 E
                  Numbers breeding:                                 Numbers breeding:
                        Year                No. of pairs                 Year                No. of pairs
                       1987                     4                      1983/84                   14
                                                                       1984/85                   7
                       1992                     2
                                                                        1986                     3
                       2009                     √
                                                                        1987                     10
                  Torra Bay                                             1991                     2
                  Coordinates: 20.30 S; 13.23 E                        1992/93                   24
                  Numbers breeding:
                                                                        2009                     √
                        Year                No. of pairs
                       1984                     1                   References
                       1985                     2
                                                                    Braby J. 2011. The biology and conservation of the Damara Tern in
                       1991                     11                      Namibia. PhD thesis, University of Cape Town, South Africa,
                       2009                     √                       233 pp.
                                                                    Braby RJ, Braby J, Braby S, Simmons RE, Crawford RJM. 2023.
                                                                        Numbers, trends, status and conservation of Damara Tern
                  Black Gravel Plains north of Koigab                   (Sternula balaenarum) in Namibia and Angola. This volume.
                  Coordinates: 20.43 S; 13.27 E                     Bridgeford  PA. 1982. New breeding  locality data for southern
                  Numbers breeding:                                     African seabirds. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus. Cormorant
                       Year                No. of pairs                 10: 126.
                                                                    Brooke RK, Cooper J, Shelton PA, Crawford RJM. 1982. Taxonomy,
                      1984                     1                        distribution,  population  size, breeding  and  conservation  of
                                                                        the White-breasted Cormo rant, Phalacrocorax carbo, on the
                      1992                     1                        southern African coast. Le Gerfaut 72: 189–220.
                      2009                     √                    Cooper  J, Brooke RK, Shelton PA, Crawford RJM.1982.
                                                                        Distribution, population size and conservation of the Cape
                  Montrose Saltpan                                      Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis. Fisheries Bulletin South
                  Coordinates: 20.53 S; 13.30 E                         Africa 16: 121–143.
                  Numbers breeding:                                 Kemper J, Simmons RE. 2015. Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax
                                                                        capensis. In: Simmons RE, Brown CJ, Kemper J (eds).
                       Year                No. of pairs                 Birds to watch in Namibia: red, rare and endemic species.
                                                                        Windhoek: Ministry of Environment and Tourism and Namibia
                      1981                     4                        Nature Foundation; pp. 158–160.
                      1986                     11                   Kolberg, H. 2022. Report on a Damara Tern breeding survey along
                      1991                     2                        the Namibian coast. Ministry of Environment, Forestry and
                                                                        Tourism, Namibia, unpublished report, 5 pp.
                      2009                     √                    Paterson J.  2004. New breeding record for  Grey-headed Gulls
                                                                        Larus cirrocephalus  at  Kunene River Mouth,  Namibia.
                  Red Plains                                            Lanioturdus 37: 18–19.
                  Coordinates: 20.63 S; 13.35 E                     Simmons RE. 2015. Caspian  Tern  Hydropogne  caspia  (Sterna
                  Numbers breeding:                                     caspia). In: Simmons RE, Brown CJ, Kemper J (eds). Birds to
                                                                        watch in Namibia: red, rare and endemic species. Windhoek:
                       Year                No. of pairs                 Ministry  of Environment and  Tourism and  Namibia  Nature
                     1983/84                   2                        Foundation; pp. 88–90.
                     1984/85                   6
                      2009                     √

                  Toscanini Saltpans
                  Coordinates: 20.78 S; 13.38 E
                  Numbers breeding:
                       Year                No. of pairs
                      1984                     1
                      1985                     1
                      1986                     4
                     1991/92                   22
                      1992                     1                    White-breasted Cormorants roosting on water tanks at Torra Bay,
                      2009                     √                    2022 (photo DB Tom)





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