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Forest reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Eastern Shores State Forest
Eastern Shores State Forest is a forest reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 23 km north of St Lucia.
—km² recorded size
—year established
40 melevation of the point
23 kmnorth of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Forest reserve (state forest)
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umkhanyakude
- Local municipality
- Mtubatuba
- Elevation
- 40 m
- Part of
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Coordinates
- -28.1833, 32.4833
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 23 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q31913068 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Nyalazi State ForestForest reserve10 km west
- Saint Lucia ParkNature reserve · 156 km²12 km south-west
- Cape Vidal State ForestForest reserve14 km north
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area · 13 289 km²20 km north- St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve · 378 km²21 km north
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve · 40 km²22 km north-west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Eastern Shores State Forest
270 mammal and 1 398 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer58
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga36
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros33
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus26
- Southern ReedbuckRedunca arundinum22
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus21
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus18
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus11
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius8
- Red DuikerCephalophus natalensis5
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia5
- Blue MonkeyCercopithecus mitis5
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus5
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus5
Birds
- SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius47
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus42
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus41
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa37
- Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris32
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus30
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus30
- Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis30
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola29
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis28
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica28
- Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus26
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus25
- Great EgretArdea alba25
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.