Nature reserve · Gauteng
Blougat Municipal Nature Reserve
Blougat Municipal Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Gauteng (Mogale City municipality), about 34 km north-west of Johannesburg.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
34 kmnorth-west of Johannesburg
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Gauteng
- District
- West Rand District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Mogale City
- Coordinates
- -26.0794, 27.7383
- Nearest large town
- Johannesburg, 34 km north-west
Sources: Wikidata Q112053137 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Bolt's FarmProtected heritage site · 0 km²6 km north
SterkfonteinProtected heritage site7 km north
Coopers CaveProtected heritage site · 0 km²7 km north- Minnaar's CavesProtected heritage site · 0 km²11 km north
- Walter Sisulu National Botanical GardenBotanical garden11 km east
Plovers LakeProtected heritage site · 0 km²12 km north
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Blougat Municipal Nature Reserve
45 mammal and 1 539 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Black WildebeestConnochaetes gnou6
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus6
- SpringbokAntidorcas marsupialis5
- South African Ground SquirrelXerus inauris4
- Red HartebeestAlcelaphus caama4
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata3
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx3
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus3
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga2
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus2
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros2
Birds
- South African Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon spilodera983
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris53
- Little SwiftApus affinis51
- Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata41
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer22
- Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola17
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica15
- White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis11
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris10
- Barn OwlTyto alba9
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus8
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides7
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus6
- Cape LongclawMacronyx capensis6
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.