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cape birding route > birding spots > west coast > cape gannet colony
Cape Gannet Colony

This vibrant colony is the most accessible of the six Cape Gannet colonies in existence. Huge numbers of gannets are present throughout the year, and can be viewed face to face from a modern, newly constructed hide. A panel of one-way glass forms one side of the hide, allowing undisturbed observation of the gannets’ curious behavioural interactions. Amazingly, a few individuals of the vagrant Australian Gannet annually linger in an offshore Cape Gannet colony further south.

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