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Nature reserve · Western Cape
Pledge Nature Reserve
Pledge Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Western Cape (Knysna municipality), about 0 km north-west of Knysna. It covers 0,11 km² — number 20 by size of the 23 Western Cape areas with a recorded size.
0,1km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
0 kmnorth-west of Knysna
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Western Cape
- Local municipality
- Knysna
- Size
- 0,11 km² · 11 ha
- Rank by size
- 100 of 115 nationally · 20 in Western Cape
- Coordinates
- -34.0330, 23.0446
- Nearest large town
- Knysna, 0 km north-west
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Nearby
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area2 km south
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve4 km south- Brenton Blue Butterfly Special Nature ReserveNature reserve · 0 km²5 km south
- Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve5 km south
- Goukamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area14 km west
- Goukamma Nature ReserveNature reserve14 km west
Address and visiting
Listed address8 Fitchat Street, Knysna, 6570, Knysna, 6571pledgenaturereserve.org
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
Opening hours
| Monday | not listed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | not listed |
| Wednesday | not listed |
| Thursday | 08:00–17:00 |
| Friday | not listed |
| Saturday | not listed |
| Sunday | not listed |
Only the days shown were listed, as published in business listings checked October 2026. Gate times change with the season — check before you travel.
GBIF records within 2 km
Wildlife recorded around Pledge Nature Reserve
31 mammal and 73 415 bird occurrence records within 2 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
Birds
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus1 565
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus1 477
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca1 424
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis1 381
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash1 334
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta1 293
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus1 280
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea1 226
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus1 189
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio1 138
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis1 134
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens1 134
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata1 117
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini1 097
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.