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Protected heritage site · Western Cape
Paternoster Midden
Paternoster Midden is a protected heritage site in Western Cape, about 23 km north of Saldanha.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
23 kmnorth of Saldanha
Facts
- Type
- Protected heritage site (protected area, Shell midden)
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- West Coast
- Local municipality
- Saldanha Bay
- Coordinates
- -32.8046, 17.9007
- Nearest large town
- Saldanha, 23 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q18386962 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve5 km south-west
- SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve25 km south
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site27 km south-east- Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area27 km south
- Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area28 km south
- Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area31 km south
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Paternoster Midden
73 mammal and 9 128 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
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus263
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus241
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii241
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris230
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa210
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis203
- Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus194
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini192
- Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris191
- Pied CrowCorvus albus190
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea188
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus174
- House SparrowPasser domesticus165
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus161
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.