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Wildlife sanctuary · KwaZulu-Natal
Nkomba Bird Sanctuary
Nkomba Bird Sanctuary is listed as nature preserve, hiking area, picnic ground near Pennington, in Umdoni municipality, KwaZulu-Natal — about 47 km north-east of Port Shepstone. The nearest other area in the directory is T.C. Robertson Nature Reserve, 12 km north-east.
47 kmnorth-east of Port Shepstone
12 kmto the nearest listed area
95species with records nearby
—opening hours listed
AddressDolphin Dr, Pennington, 4184
Facts
- Type
- Wildlife sanctuary
- Listed as
- Nature preserve, Hiking area, Picnic ground
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Ugu
- Local municipality
- Umdoni
- Town
- Pennington 4184
- Coordinates
- -30.3740, 30.6989
- Nearest large town
- Port Shepstone, 47 km north-east
- Website
- not listed
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserve12 km north-east
- CrocworldNature reserve15 km north-east
- Vernon Crookes Nature ReserveNature reserve · 22 km²15 km north-west
- Empisini Nature ReserveNature reserve · 1 km²21 km north-east
- Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area32 km north-east
- Umdoni Bird SanctuaryGame reserve42 km north-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Nkomba Bird Sanctuary
182 mammal and 32 134 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus53
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis24
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus22
- Marsh MongooseAtilax paludinosus11
- Banded MongooseMungos mungo11
- Blue DuikerPhilantomba monticola10
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis8
- Cape GenetGenetta tigrina7
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia6
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis5
- Bush-pigPotamochoerus larvatus4
- Hottentot Golden MoleAmblysomus hottentotus4
- Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae3
- Banana BatAfronycteris nanus2
Birds
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash646
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea638
- Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis635
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata595
- White-eared BarbetStactolaema leucotis593
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura576
- Black-bellied StarlingNotopholia corrusca546
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens526
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus520
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris519
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus517
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus513
- Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii505
- Knysna TuracoTauraco corythaix494
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.