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2001 b 13
2004 d 11
a Loutit and Boyer (1985)
b MFMR (unpublished data)
c Crawford et al. (1995)
d Kemper et al. (2007)
Cape Cormorant
Year No. of pairs
1984 a 13

a Loutit et al. (1986)
Crowned Cormorant
Year No. of pairs
2000 a 1

a Kemper (2015c)

4 km south of Sylvia Hill
Coordinates: 25.20 S; 14.83 E A view of Sylvia Hill (photo RJ Braby)
Description: Near the crest of a cliff but accessible to
mammalian predators (Loutit et al. 1986). 2002 b 12
Conservation status: Protected in NNNP.
Species and numbers breeding: a Loutit et al. (1986)
b Bartlett et al. (2003)
Cape Cormorant
Year No. of pairs Bank Cormorant
1984 a 60 Year No. of pairs
2002 a 20
a Loutit et al. (1986)
a Bartlett et al. (2003)
Oyster Cliffs (Cliffs south of Easter Point)
Coordinates: 25.30 S; 14.81 E Crowned Cormorant
Description: Sheer cliffs on a 4 km stretch of rocky shore
south of Easter Point with two caves at their base (Loutit Year No. of pairs
and Boyer 1985). Cape Cormorants bred in the northern 2002 a 18
cave (Loutit et al. 1986). Bank Cormorants bred on jumbled
rocks at the entrance to the southern cave and on ledges a Bartlett et al. (2003)
inside that cave. Cape and Crowned Cormorants also
nested on the ledges. African Penguins bred on a rising North Head, Spencer Bay
slope behind the jumbled rocks, amongst boulders and Coordinates: 25.67 S; 14.83 E
on accumulated guano, and may too have nested at the Description: A rocky head at the north of Spencer Bay.
northern cave (Bartlett et al. 2003). Conservation status: Protected in NNNP.
African Penguins were reported to breed in a mainland Species and numbers breeding:
cave at ‘Easter Cliffs’ probably in the beginning of the 20
th
century (Loutit et al. 1986). Cape Cormorant
Conservation status: Protected in NNNP.
Species and numbers breeding: Year No. of pairs
1985 a c. 40
African Penguin
a Williams (1987)
Year No. of pairs
2002 a 45 Saddle Hill, Dolphin Head
Coordinates: 25.90 S; 14.90 E
a Bartlett et al. (2003) Description: A barren hill on the mainland opposite
Mercury Island that abuts Dolphin Head.
Cape Cormorant Conservation status: Protected in NNNP.
Year No. of pairs Species and numbers breeding:
1984 a 35

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