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    Vermont Salt Pan (34251910)

    Western Cape
    Card 512228
    Compiler 430
    Location code 34251910Vermont Salt Pan (Western Cape)
    Start date 2021-11-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:45
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 99
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 207
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pan totally full - the highest we had ever seen it. No room for waders
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Johan vd Westhuizen
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		510Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80Confirmed Breeding
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10Probably Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20Probably Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60Probably Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		80Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		220Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10Probably Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10Probably Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		180Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		280Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		160
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    9638Cormorant, Great
    (Phalacrocorax carbo)    		20Probably Breeding
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		10


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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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