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Game reserve · Western Cape
Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary
Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary is a game reserve in Western Cape, about 5 km east of Cape Town.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
5 kmeast of Cape Town
Facts
- Type
- Game reserve (bird sanctuary)
- Province
- Western Cape
- Local municipality
- City of Cape Town
- Coordinates
- -33.9353, 18.4799
- Nearest large town
- Cape Town, 5 km east
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q7278419 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve8 km west
- Constantia NekNature reserve11 km south-west
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve · 3 km²14 km south- Tokai ParkNational park14 km south
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area · 3 km²14 km south- Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area15 km south-west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary
234 mammal and 21 402 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Eastern Gray SquirrelSciurus carolinensis58
- Cape Dune Mole-ratBathyergus suillus30
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio23
- Forest ShrewMyosorex varius18
- Cape Golden MoleChrysochloris asiatica13
- CaracalCaracal caracal13
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis10
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis8
- Cape Mole-ratGeorychus capensis8
- Egyptian RousetteRousettus aegyptiacus5
- Southern African Mole-ratCryptomys hottentotus4
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis4
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus3
- Marsh MongooseAtilax paludinosus2
Birds
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis1 503
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus1 465
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris1 032
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica725
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea654
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash615
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio583
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca582
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii572
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata463
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens431
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus419
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis406
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata393
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.