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Nature reserve · Western Cape
Koeberg Nature Reserve
Koeberg Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Western Cape, about 31 km north of Cape Town. It covers 26,8 km² — number 14 by size of the 23 Western Cape areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1991.
26,8km² recorded size
1991year established
—elevation of the point
31 kmnorth of Cape Town
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Western Cape
- Local municipality
- City of Cape Town
- Size
- 26,8 km² · 2 681 ha
- Rank by size
- 66 of 115 nationally · 14 in Western Cape
- Established
- 1991
- IUCN category
- VI — sustainable use of natural resources
- Managed or owned by
- Eskom
- Coordinates
- -33.6472, 18.4287
- Nearest large town
- Cape Town, 31 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 2 languages
Nearby
- Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve14 km south
- Riverlands Nature ReserveNature reserve23 km north-east
- Clara Anna Fontein Game ReservePrivate game reserve27 km south-east
- Botterblom Nature ReserveNature reserve · 0 km²28 km south-east
- Rondeberg Private Nature ReserveNature reserve28 km north-west
- Robben Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area29 km south-west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Koeberg Nature Reserve
134 mammal and 7 527 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx22
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga21
- SpringbokAntidorcas marsupialis15
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis7
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus6
- SteenbokRaphicerus campestris5
- CaracalCaracal caracal3
- Cape HareLepus capensis3
- Cape Dune Mole-ratBathyergus suillus3
- Honey BadgerMellivora capensis2
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio2
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta2
- Cape FoxVulpes chama2
- Cape GenetGenetta tigrina2
Birds
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis704
- Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus700
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis601
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii446
- Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris395
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra355
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis254
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus175
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola157
- White-throated CanaryCrithagra albogularis134
- Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola123
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild109
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus99
- Drakensberg PriniaPrinia hypoxantha97
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.