Kelp Gull

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Kelp Gull at stays in or beside Goukamma Nature Reserve, Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Table Mountain National Park, Tsitsikamma National Park, Garden Route National Park and iSimangaliso Wetland Park and other reserves. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Kelp Gull is most recorded in Western Cape (86% of records), Eastern Cape (10% of records), based on 6,613 iNaturalist observations. 37 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Kelp Gull on site or nearby.

The Kelp Gull is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Kogelberg Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Table Mountain National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Tsitsikamma National Park: Apr-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), also known as the Dominican gull, is a gull which breeds on coasts and islands through much of the Southern Hemisphere. The nominate L. d.