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Nature reserve · Eastern Cape
Kowie Local Authority Nature Reserve
Kowie Local Authority Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Eastern Cape, about 3 km north-west of Port Alfred.
—km² recorded size
—year established
49 melevation of the point
3 kmnorth-west of Port Alfred
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Eastern Cape
- District
- Cacadu
- Local municipality
- Ndlambe
- Elevation
- 49 m
- Coordinates
- -33.5700, 26.8669
- Nearest large town
- Port Alfred, 3 km north-west
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q31935238 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Waters Meeting Nature ReserveNature reserve1 km north-west
- Terry Fitzgerald Private Nature ReserveNature reserve6 km north-west
- Fort D' Acre ReserveNature reserve24 km east
- ASSEGAAI TRAILSNature reserve29 km west
- Woody Cape Nature ReserveNature reserve37 km south-west
- Thomas Baines Nature ReserveProtected area40 km north-west
Address and visiting
Listed addressPort Alfred, 6170
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Kowie Local Authority Nature Reserve
24 mammal and 2 852 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
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus108
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus84
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus78
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca63
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash60
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta59
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea56
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala54
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata52
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris52
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus51
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus50
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus48
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus48
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.