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Nature reserve · Western Cape
Cape Columbine Nature Reserve
Cape Columbine Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Western Cape (Saldanha Bay municipality), about 22 km north of Saldanha.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
22 kmnorth of Saldanha
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- West Coast District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Saldanha Bay
- Coordinates
- -32.8259, 17.8539
- Nearest large town
- Saldanha, 22 km north
Sources: Wikidata Q124047670 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site5 km north-east
- SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve23 km south
- Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area26 km south
- Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area27 km south-east
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site29 km south-east- Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area30 km south
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Cape Columbine Nature Reserve
43 mammal and 1 148 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
Birds
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii50
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus47
- Karoo Scrub-RobinTychaedon coryphoeus44
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini39
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis38
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus37
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis35
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis34
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa33
- Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus33
- Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris30
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres28
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus28
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii26
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.