Bird AlbumNamibia · Erongo Region
Swakopmund Salt Works
115 species and 7,244 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August and November, with up to 49 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
White-fronted PloverAnarhynchus marginatus
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little StintCalidris minuta
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Damara TernSternula balaenarum
Common TernSterna hirundo
Cape TealAnas capensis49 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 115 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Swakop River Mouth12 km153 species
- Bird Paradise, Walvis Bay43 km123 species
- Walvis Bay – Lagoon Promenade44 km147 species
- Walvis Bay Salt Pans49 km140 species
All 115 species recorded here
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Gray's Lark Ammomanopsis grayi
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum
- African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Tractrac Chat Emarginata tractrac
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Cape Gannet Morus capensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Orange River White-eye Zosterops pallidus
- Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
- Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistis adspersus
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
- Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Swakopmund Salt Works?
August and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 49 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Swakopmund Salt Works?
115 species, from 7,244 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Swakopmund Salt Works in November?
The most recorded in November: Cape Cormorant, Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo, White-fronted Plover and Greater Crested Tern.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.