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    Vermont Salt Pan (34251910)

    Western Cape

    Card 512111
    Compiler 430
    Location code 34251910Vermont Salt Pan (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-04-16
    Season OOther
    Start time 14:00
    End time 15:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 75
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 188
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Perfect, sunny. windless.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    160
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    190
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    40
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    140
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    490
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    120
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    140
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    30
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    170
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)
    10


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    Thursday 02 April 2026 01:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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