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Protected heritage site · KwaZulu-Natal
Mzamba Fossil beds
Mzamba Fossil beds is a protected heritage site in KwaZulu-Natal (Winnie Madikizela-Mandela municipality), about 48 km south-west of Port Shepstone.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
48 kmsouth-west of Port Shepstone
Facts
- Type
- Protected heritage site (paleontological site)
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Alfred Nzo District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality
- Designations
- provincial heritage site
- Coordinates
- -31.1031, 30.1811
- Nearest large town
- Port Shepstone, 48 km south-west
Sources: Wikidata Q125499653 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Umtamvuna Nature ReserveProtected area11 km north- Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area20 km north-east
- Mkhambathi Nature ReserveNature reserve29 km south-west
- Mbumbazi Nature ReserveNature reserve34 km north
- River Valley Nature ReserveGame reserve35 km north-east
- Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserve37 km north-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Mzamba Fossil beds
21 mammal and 624 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
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca32
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash32
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii28
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp25
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus22
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini21
- White-fronted PloverCharadrius marginatus19
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio17
- White-breasted CormorantPhalacrocorax lucidus16
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta15
- Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus15
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus14
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis14
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus13
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.