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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Albert Falls Nature Reserve
Albert Falls Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 18 km north of Pietermaritzburg.
—km² recorded size
—year established
657 melevation of the point
18 kmnorth of Pietermaritzburg
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umgungundlovu
- Local municipality
- uMshwathi
- Elevation
- 657 m
- Coordinates
- -29.4400, 30.4019
- Nearest large town
- Pietermaritzburg, 18 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q31869840 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Albert Falls Game ReserveProtected area3 km south-west
- Karkloof FallsNature reserve13 km west
- Ferncliffe Nature ReserveNature reserve13 km south-west
Cumberland Nature ReserveNature reserve · 3 km²13 km south-east- Umgeni Valley Nature ReserveNature reserve16 km west
- WESSA uMngeni Valley Nature Reserve & Education CentreWildlife sanctuary16 km west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Albert Falls Nature Reserve
78 mammal and 12 318 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga16
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis12
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia7
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus6
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii6
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama6
- Slender MongooseGalerella sanguinea5
- Southern ReedbuckRedunca arundinum4
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus4
- Egyptian MongooseHerpestes ichneumon2
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus2
Birds
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca273
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus217
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis203
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash201
- African DarterAnhinga rufa200
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer187
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus183
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea168
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis165
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata150
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata145
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis142
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala138
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis132
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.