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Nature reserve · Western Cape
Blaauwberg Conservation Area
Blaauwberg Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Western Cape, about 18 km north of Cape Town.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
18 kmnorth of Cape Town
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Western Cape
- Local municipality
- City of Cape Town
- Coordinates
- -33.7681, 18.4528
- Nearest large town
- Cape Town, 18 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 2 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q4920005 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Koeberg Nature ReserveNature reserve · 27 km²14 km north- Clara Anna Fontein Game ReservePrivate game reserve18 km east
- Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve19 km south
- Botterblom Nature ReserveNature reserve · 0 km²19 km east
- Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve20 km south
- Robben Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area24 km west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Blaauwberg Conservation Area
148 mammal and 17 179 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus21
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis13
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta12
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx12
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia11
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio10
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama9
- SteenbokRaphicerus campestris7
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis7
- Cape Dune Mole-ratBathyergus suillus6
- Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae4
- CaracalCaracal caracal3
- Bush Karroo RatMyotomys unisulcatus3
- Common GenetGenetta genetta3
Birds
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii772
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus485
- Cape GannetMorus capensis464
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis379
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus370
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris368
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa355
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis351
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus347
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea334
- Pied CrowCorvus albus332
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis326
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra300
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis298
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.