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    Vermont Salt Pan (34251910)

    Western Cape
    Card 512115
    Compiler 430
    Location code 34251910Vermont Salt Pan (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-05-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 220
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid 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 water is receding significantly (Just before the onset of the rainy season).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		110Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		320Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30Confirmed Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		80Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		180Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		190Probably Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		140Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		210Confirmed Breeding
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20Probably Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		140Probably Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		290
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		90
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		20


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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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