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Vermont Salt Pan (34251910)
Western Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	UNKNOWN
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
1993-01-22
Brief_description
A 15 ha pan supporting good numbers of a fairly wide selection of species. Cormorants, herons, egrets, ibises, waterfowl and Redknobbed Coot are more numerous in summer. Although the number of species observed has not decreased during the survey period, total count and biomass have declined. Species showing an overall decrease in numbers include Redknobbed Coot (very few recorded after 1994) and Cape Shoveller; counts of Little Egret, Egyptian Goose and Black-winged Stilt are increasing. Threats are alien vegetation, clearing of vegetation, and domestic gardening.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	Subregional IBA
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	1	2.18	5
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	14.83	60
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.00	1
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	1	100.50	501
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	3	3.00	3
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	29.73	139
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	31.26	117
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	1.29	2
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	1.50	2
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	1	1.00	1
10005	Duck, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	1.00	1
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	4.00	9
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	4	4.00	4
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	2	23.48	84
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	9.82	30
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	64.88	231
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.00	1
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	6	98.43	427
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	7.50	14
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	1	1.00	1
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	4.79	19
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	4	4.00	4
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	5.00	12
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2	13.58	53
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	1.33	2
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	1	16.86	145	125
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	1	4.43	17
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	1.60	5
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	2.93	16
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	8.00	30
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	3.47	15
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.00	1
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	1.75	4
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	5.94	12
10015	Mallard, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	1.00	1
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	5.62	19
211	Moorhen, Lesser	Paragallinula angulata	4	4.00	4
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	2	5.71	12
231	Oystercatcher, African	Haematopus moquini	16	16.00	16
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	2	7.83	16
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	4.54	16
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	2	5.00	8
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	22.33	34
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.00	1
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	6	13.75	23
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	2	39.66	120
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	2.00	4
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	2	12.50	42
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	45	45.00	45
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	1.20	2
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	3	3.00	3
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	8.93	39
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	2.50	4
298	Tern, Greater Crested	Thalasseus bergii	2	2.00	2
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	1.90	2
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	5.36	22

Saturday 21 December 2024 06:31
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Vermont Salt Pan (34251910)

Western Cape

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