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Nature reserve · Western Cape
Rocherpan Nature Reserve
Rocherpan Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Western Cape, about 57 km north-east of Saldanha.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
57 kmnorth-east of Saldanha
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- West Coast
- Local municipality
- Bergrivier
- Coordinates
- -32.5833, 18.2833
- Nearest large town
- Saldanha, 57 km north-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 3 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q1652873 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area2 km south-east
- Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site43 km south-west
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site45 km south- Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve48 km south-west
- Hopefield Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve53 km south
- Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve55 km north
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Rocherpan Nature Reserve
24 mammal and 3 007 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
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix331
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis294
- Cape TealAnas capensis220
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis173
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus137
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus102
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis97
- Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii88
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini86
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus86
- White-breasted CormorantPhalacrocorax lucidus84
- Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris83
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata70
- White-fronted PloverCharadrius marginatus63
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.