Bird AlbumSouth Africa · Western Cape
Strandfontein WTP
244 species and 144,200 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–May, with up to 163 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Cape TealAnas capensis
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedashSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Rondevlei NR3 km201 species
- Kirstenhof Wetland6 km115 species
- Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden13 km130 species
- Boulders Beach14 km156 species
- Intaka Island22 km146 species
- Macassar Sewage Works23 km186 species
All 244 species recorded here
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Cape Spurfowl Pternistis capensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Karoo Scrub Robin Tychaedon coryphoeus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Orange-breasted Sunbird Anthobaphes violacea
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Black-eared Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix australis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Cape Gannet Morus capensis
- Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Penguin Spheniscus demersus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Sickle-winged Chat Emarginata sinuata
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Strandfontein WTP?
August–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 163 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Strandfontein WTP?
244 species, from 144,200 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Strandfontein WTP in November?
The most recorded in November: Cape Teal, Greater Flamingo, Cape Shoveler, Black-winged Stilt and African Sacred Ibis.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.