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Numbers breeding:
Year No. of pairs
1983/84 11

1984/85 18
1991 1
1991/92 17
1992/93 123
1997 3
2009/10 24
2021/22 50
A Black-backed Jakkal (Canis mesomelas) on the Namib coast
(photo RJM Crawford). Damara Tern eggs and chicks are Ugab Saltworks Pan
susceptible to predation by these jakkals and other land predators Coordinates: 21.37 S; 13.77 E
Description: A saltpan (Braby 2011).
from a narrow belt of Salosa sp. hummocks that are Numbers breeding:
immediately inland of the beach. Parts of the plains have Year No. of pairs
scattered plants or lichens, whilst in other areas barren, dry
salt pans occur (Braby 2011). 1994 1
Source of information: All records are from Braby 2010 0
(2011) except those for 2021/22 which were derived from 2021/22 14
information in Kolberg (2022) as described by Braby et al.
(2024). Mile 108
Note: Braby (2011) collated observations on numbers Coordinates: 21.47 S; 13.83 E
of Damara Terns breeding at different localities and Numbers breeding:
from those estimated minimum and maximum numbers
breeding at localities in 2010. For localities without more Year No. of pairs
recent estimates of abundance, Braby’s (2011) minima 1983/84 5
were used to estimate the species’ present minimum 1984/85 3
population (Braby et al. 2024a). These sometimes differed
from values listed below. The most up-to-date estimates of 2009 √
Damara Terns suggest 122 pairs, or c. 16% of the global
population (Braby et al. 2024b), bred in the northern portion Mile 100
of DNP that is considered in this chapter. Coordinates: 21.52 S; 13.85 E
Numbers breeding:
Skeleton Coast National Park fence Year No. of pairs
Coordinates: 21.18 S; 13.60 E
Numbers breeding: 1984 1
1985 3
Year No. of pairs
1995 2
1985 1
2010 1
2021/22 4
Horing Bay
6 km south of Ugab River Coordinates: 21.57 S; 13.88 E
Coordinates: 21.22 S; 13.67 E Numbers breeding:
Numbers breeding:
Year No. of pairs
Year No. of pairs 1984 1
1985 1 2010 0
2021/22 7 2021/22 1

Durissa Bay pans White Stones
Coordinates: 21.25 S; 13.68 E Coordinates: 21.65 S; 13.97 E
Description: Mainly salt pans (Braby 2011). They were Numbers breeding:
flooded by a high spring tide in February 2022 (Kolberg Year No. of pairs
2022). 1985 1

2010 11
2021/22 7

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