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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Lake Sibayi Fresh Water Reserve
Lake Sibayi Fresh Water Reserve is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 117 km north of St Lucia. It covers 71,9 km² — number 14 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1994.
71,9km² recorded size
1994year established
—elevation of the point
117 kmnorth of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umkhanyakude
- Local municipality
- Umhlabuyalingana
- Size
- 71,9 km² · 7 187 ha
- Rank by size
- 52 of 115 nationally · 14 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Established
- 1994
- Part of
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Coordinates
- -27.3539, 32.6718
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 117 km north
Sources: Wikidata Q97992844 · WDPA 555579296 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area · 746 km²16 km south-east
- Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park · 12 km²21 km south
- Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area · 364 km²24 km north-east
- Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserve33 km south
- Coastal Forest ReserveForest reserve · 26 km²37 km north-east
- St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected area · 465 km²38 km south
GBIF records within 5 km
Wildlife recorded around Lake Sibayi Fresh Water Reserve
9 mammal and 12 957 bird occurrence records within 5 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus220
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis209
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus202
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus189
- NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla184
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus181
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca172
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus170
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis166
- Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis156
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris155
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata153
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash151
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer149
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.