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    Vermont Salt Pan (34251910)

    Western Cape
    Card 512227
    Compiler 430
    Location code 34251910Vermont Salt Pan (Western Cape)
    Start date 2019-11-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 298
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes We are very concerned about the change of species since last year. The pan is nearly full, but excluding the Cape Teals & 1 Yellow-billed Duck no other ducks were observed. No coots, moorhens, grebes or waders were found and whereas in previous years Black-crowned Night Herons bred here in huge numbers only a single bird was found
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Ashley Smith
     
    0Emmie Ackermann
     
    0Wendy Smith
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		550Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80Confirmed Breeding
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1420
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		210
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		300
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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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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