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    Vermont Salt Pan (34251910)

    Western Cape
    Card 512092
    Compiler 430
    Location code 34251910Vermont Salt Pan (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 15:00
    End time 16:15
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 342
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The pan was at its fullest that we had seen it for 20 years during the last few months/ Very few waders/ Massive breeding by many species.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		190Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1200Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40Probably Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		260Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		300Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		180Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		350Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40Probably Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		370Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60Possibly Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40Probably Breeding
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		10


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    Monday 06 April 2026 02:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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