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    Vermont Salt Pan (34251910)

    Western Cape

    Card 512087
    Compiler 430
    Location code 34251910Vermont Salt Pan (Western Cape)
    Start date 2020-08-01
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 411
    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 I waited for the pan to fill up nicely before doing the winter count (and for good weather).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    390
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    140
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    320
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    690
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    340
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    150
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    70
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    150
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    100
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    360
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    240
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    280
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    180
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    60


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    Tuesday 26 May 2026 07:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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