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    Vermont Salt Pan (34251910)

    Western Cape
    Card 505461
    Compiler 10689
    Location code 34251910Vermont Salt Pan (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:00
    End time 12:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 728
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes One dead Egyptian Goose and three sick (dying) waterfowl: Egyptian Goose, Cape Shoveler and Yellow-billed Duck - prompted discussion with Overstrand Environmental Affairs regarding water quality tests.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		530
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		590Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		4270
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		190
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		490
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		90
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		30
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		370
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		210
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Monday 15 December 2025 12:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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