Vermont Salt Pan (34251910) | |
|---|---|
Western Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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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 | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 2.18 | 5 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 17.45 | 60 | |||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 76.36 | 501 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 9638 | Cormorant, Great | Phalacrocorax carbo | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 20.76 | 139 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 34.13 | 120 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 1.81 | 5 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 2.36 | 5 | |||
| 10006 | Duck, Domestic | Anas platyrhynchos domesticus | 1 | 1.11 | 2 | |||
| 10005 | Duck, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 3.31 | 9 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 20.43 | 84 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 21 | 21.00 | 21 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 7.69 | 30 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 40.04 | 231 | |||
| 14799 | Egret, Yellow-billed | Egretta brachyrhyncha | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 2 | 83.21 | 427 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 9.00 | 34 | |||
| 10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser domesticus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 7.56 | 33 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 2 | 2.33 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 5.00 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 15.67 | 53 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 1 | 20.51 | 240 | 125 | ||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 9.11 | 42 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.00 | 8 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 4.85 | 24 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 8.70 | 30 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 3.98 | 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 | 5.52 | 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 | 8.47 | 34 | |||
| 211 | Moorhen, Lesser | Paragallinula angulata | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 5.96 | 17 | |||
| 231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 2 | 7.40 | 16 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 4.30 | 16 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 2 | 5.00 | 8 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 10.63 | 34 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.57 | 2 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 6 | 13.75 | 23 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 2 | 32.93 | 120 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 11.32 | 42 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 45 | 45.00 | 45 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 2.21 | 5 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 13.68 | 58 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 3.25 | 6 | |||
| 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 | 4.70 | 22 |
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