Birds The greater Mossel Bay offers a very diverse bird life. From shoreline estuaries to Fynbos and wheatlands, the area is rich in variety and gets the fair share of summer migratory birds.
The shoreline, which is subject to tidal action, produces a variety of Waders, Terns, Gulls, Oystercatchers and Gannets. The Waders are mostly migratory birds, breeding in the northern hemisphere and spending the summer months in the southern hemisphere. Larger flocks of different species invade the Mossel Bay shoreline from September until March/April. Occasionally during the winter storms, unusual seabirds like Shearwaters and Petrels can be seen.
The estuaries like the Gouritz River Mouth, Klein Brak and Great Brak Rivers, produce Terns, Cormorants, Darters, Egrets, Herons, Ibis, Spoonbills and Hamerkops.
Most of these birds are endemic to this area and will breed here. One of the main bird life assets of the Mossel Bay area is a healthy colony of Oystercatchers, which is an endangered species.
The Mossel Bay Fynbos areas is home to the beautiful Sugarbird, of which there are only two species in Southern Africa. It also boasts a number of the very colourful Sunbirds, amongst these the Orange breasted Sunbird which is endemic to the fynbos area.
The surrounding farmlands, which is mostly given over to wheat farming, produces a number of raptors like Eagles and Buzzards, five species of larks, the attractive Capped Wheathear and the white Stork. These areas are also famous to spot the South African Emblem - the Blue Crane.
Marine birds which can be viewed shore from boats are Gannets, Kelp Gulls, Penguins, Comrants and Turns.
One of the most interesting places to visit in the Mossel Bay area is the sewerage works!, where a fair amount of water fowl like ducks, Bitten Purple Heron and the Island White Whiskered Tern can be found.
migratory birds.
Brak Rivers, produce Terns, Cormorants, Darters, Egrets, Herons, Ibis, Spoonbills and Hamerkops. 
amongst these the Orange breasted Sunbird which is endemic to the fynbos area.