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    Vermont Salt Pan (34251910)

    Western Cape
    Card 512101
    Compiler 430
    Location code 34251910Vermont Salt Pan (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 396
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water levels EXTREMELY high, not for waders at all.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		210Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		580Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60Confirmed Breeding
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		50
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		160Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		250Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		180Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		530Confirmed Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		40
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20Confirmed Breeding
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		90Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		380Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		190
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		460
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		10
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)    		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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