OUR COASTAL TREASURE
Cape St Francis (North of Cape St Francis Beach) and Seal Point (near the lighthouse)
These rocky promontories allow you to visit the edge of the ocean.
Here you can observe birds connected to the marine environment.
Cape Gannet
Beautiful with its golden head and silvery eyes. Fishes and flies in formation with other gannets.
Cape Cormorant
An all-black, sleek, strong bird with a long neck, orange throat patch and blue eyes.
Also look out for Kelp gulls and African Black Oystercatchers. Click here for Sandbanks in the Kromme River Estuary
Flocks of gannets and terns dive for fish whilst other birds rest on the rocks.
Sometimes these are birds from faraway places, blown off-course, and not normally found on our shores. Visitors come from far and wide to see these vagrants.
Lesser Noddy
This bird rested on the rocks by the lighthouse for a week in January 2020.
Raptors also make their appearance from time to time. Look out for these birds swooping over the bush and rocks.
Long-crested Eagle
Look out for the barred tail and white wing patches on this dark-plumaged bird. The long crest is very distinctive.
Jackal Buzzard
A medium sized raptor with black and white wings and rufous on the breast and tail.
Jackal Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard in flight
Pelagic birds are birds which live over the open ocean away from land.
Contact St Francis Tourism to find a boat operator to take you out to sea for a pelagic birdwatching expedition.