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    Vermont Salt Pan (34251910)

    Western Cape
    Card 1805
    Compiler 1422
    Location code 34251910Vermont Salt Pan (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-04-08
    Season OOther
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 08:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 506
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pan drying up fast. ± 25% water. Water heavily chocked with weed and algae.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		80
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		560
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		300
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2300Probably Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		200
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1450
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Wednesday 01 May 2024 05:01
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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