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    Vermont Salt Pan (34251910)

    Western Cape
    Card 512114
    Compiler 430
    Location code 34251910Vermont Salt Pan (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 09:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 186
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water levels still subsiding. Not yet enough to allow waders to forage.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		170Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50Possibly Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20Confirmed Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		140
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		150Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		160Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		150Confirmed Breeding
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20Probably Breeding
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20Possibly Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		70Probably Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		290Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40Probably Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		140
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos 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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