Game reserve · Gauteng
Marievale Bird Sanctuary
Marievale Bird Sanctuary is a game reserve in Gauteng, about 49 km east of Johannesburg.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
49 kmeast of Johannesburg
Facts
- Type
- Game reserve (bird sanctuary)
- Province
- Gauteng
- Local municipality
- Ekurhuleni
- Coordinates
- -26.3597, 28.5089
- Nearest large town
- Johannesburg, 49 km east
- Wikipedia articles
- 2 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q15247553 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- South African Wildlife Rehabilitation CenterWildlife sanctuary11 km north-east
- Alice Glockner Nature ReserveProtected area27 km south-west
- Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve29 km north-west
- Suikerbosrant Nature ReserveNature reserve36 km south-west
- Meyersdal KoppieNature reserve42 km west
- Rotary ParkNature reserve42 km north-west
Address and visiting
Listed addressNigel Delmas Rd, Greater Nigel, Nigel, 1491gauteng.gov.za
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Marievale Bird Sanctuary
77 mammal and 105 043 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata27
- Spotted-necked OtterHydrictis maculicollis10
- Marsh MongooseAtilax paludinosus8
- Slender MongooseGalerella sanguinea6
- ServalLeptailurus serval4
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis3
- MeerkatSuricata suricatta2
- Scrub HareLepus saxatilis2
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus2
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia2
Birds
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus1 899
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata1 838
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus1 805
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus1 783
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix1 760
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota1 705
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus1 630
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha1 601
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata1 594
- Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniens1 570
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus1 561
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus1 531
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca1 525
- Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne1 516
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.