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Nature reserve · Western Cape
False Bay Nature Reserve
False Bay Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Western Cape, about 19 km south-east of Cape Town.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
19 kmsouth-east of Cape Town
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Western Cape
- Local municipality
- City of Cape Town
- Coordinates
- -34.0731, 18.5167
- Nearest large town
- Cape Town, 19 km south-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q129985892 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area · 3 km²2 km north-west
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve · 3 km²2 km north- Grysbok ParkNature reserve5 km south-west
- St. James SpringNature reserve7 km south-west
- Muizenberg CaveNature reserve7 km south-west
- Tokai ParkNational park8 km west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around False Bay Nature Reserve
620 mammal and 259 260 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 pusillus143
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius137
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta121
- Cape Dune Mole-ratBathyergus suillus67
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis36
- Marsh MongooseAtilax paludinosus30
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis19
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio13
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx6
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis5
- Cape GenetGenetta tigrina5
- Cape Golden MoleChrysochloris asiatica4
- CaracalCaracal caracal4
- Cape Mole-ratGeorychus capensis3
Birds
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus5 826
- Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii5 603
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata5 601
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata5 496
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus5 312
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii5 307
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus5 299
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus5 262
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis5 059
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca4 856
- Cape TealAnas capensis4 825
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus4 758
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus4 725
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis4 357
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.