South Africa · Western Cape
West Coast NP – Geelbek hides vicinity
228 species and 34,322 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and September–November, with up to 137 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Cape SpurfowlPternistis capensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
Little StintCalidris minuta
Cape WeaverPloceus capensis
White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
Kittlitz's PloverAnarhynchus pecuarius132 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 228 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- West Coast NP2 km246 species
- West Coast NP – Abrahamskraal hide4 km177 species
- West Coast NP – Seeberg hide10 km196 species
- Darling Hills/Groote Post Road39 km184 species
- Kliphoek Salt Pans42 km196 species
All 228 species recorded here
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Cape Spurfowl Pternistis capensis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- Black Harrier Circus maurus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Karoo Scrub Robin Tychaedon coryphoeus
- Grey-winged Francolin Scleroptila afra
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Southern Black Korhaan Afrotis afra
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Large-billed Lark Galerida magnirostris
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
- Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
- White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Karoo Lark Calendulauda albescens
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey Tit Melaniparus afer
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Blue Crane Grus paradisea
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Cape Long-billed Lark Certhilauda curvirostris
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Layard's Warbler Curruca layardi
- Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
- Black-headed Canary Serinus alario
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Karoo Chat Emarginata schlegelii
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Cape Clapper Lark Corypha apiata
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Cape Siskin Crithagra totta
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Black-eared Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix australis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at West Coast NP – Geelbek hides vicinity?
February and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 137 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at West Coast NP – Geelbek hides vicinity?
228 species, from 34,322 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at West Coast NP – Geelbek hides vicinity in November?
The most recorded in November: Greater Flamingo, Common Greenshank, Cape Spurfowl, Grey Heron and Hartlaub's Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.