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Greater Crested Tern
1978 a 54
Year No. of pairs
2000 b 98
1986 a √
2003 c 123
1989 a 0
a Crawford et al. (1982b) a
b Kemper et al. (2007) Cooper et al. (1990)
c Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia Walvis Bay Bird Paradise and sewage works
(unpublished data) Coordinates: 22.97 S; 14.58 E
Description: A nature sanctuary at the municipal sewage-
Kelp Gull purification works situated 500 m east of Walvis Bay off
Year No. of pairs the C14 towards Rooikop airport. It consists of a series of
2002 a 10 shallow artificial pools, fringed by reeds. In 1975 and 1976
the Caspian Terns nested on a sandbank that was later
2020 c Minimum 9 joined to the mainland by construction of a road (Clinning
1978).
a Kemper et al. (2007)
b Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia Conservation status: Protected.
Species and numbers breeding:
(unpublished data)
Hartlaub’s Gull
Pelican Point
Coordinates: 22.88 S; 14.43 E Year No. of pairs
Description: A sandy spit along the west of Walvis Bay 1971 a c. 50
Lagoon and bay.
Conservation status: Not protected. 1972 a c.50
Species and numbers breeding: 1973 a 35

Caspian Tern 1975 a 500
Year No. of pairs 1976 a c. 500
1964 a 4 1977 a c. 250
a Cooper et al. (1992) 1984 a c. 195
a Williams et al. (1990)
Walvis Bay Harbour
Coordinates: 22.95 S; 14.50 E Grey-headed Gull
Description: A little used section of the fenced-off harbour
area near the yacht club (Williams 1987). Year No. of pairs
Conservation status: Not protected. 1973 a 1
Species and numbers breeding:
1975 a c. 500
Cape Cormorant
1984 a 20
Year No. of pairs
a Brooke et al. (1999)
1981 a 8

a Cooper et al. (1982) Caspian Tern
Year No. of pairs
White-breasted Cormorant 1975 a 2
Year No. of pairs
1976 a 6
1981 a 11
2014 b 2
a Brooke et al. (1982)
a Cooper et al. (1992)
Hartlaub’s Gull b AEWA (2015)
Year No. of pairs Walvis Bay Saltworks
1986 a √ Coordinates: 23.03 S; 14.42 E
Description: The saltworks are at the southern end
a Williams et al. (1990) of Walvis Bay Lagoon and contain artificially flooded
evaporation pans. Areas to the south of the saltworks also
are occasionally flooded (Simmons et al. 1998). In 2004,
Caspian Terns bred on a sandy island measuring 80 m by
40 m in a remote evaporation pond (Simmons 2015a).

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