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Protected area · KwaZulu-Natal
Roosfontein Nature Reserve
Roosfontein Nature Reserve is a protected area in KwaZulu-Natal, about 10 km west of Durban. Proclaimed or established in 1985.
—km² recorded size
1985year established
—elevation of the point
10 kmwest of Durban
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
- Local municipality
- eThekwini
- Established
- 1985
- Coordinates
- -29.8577, 30.9302
- Nearest large town
- Durban, 10 km west
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q55641629 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Palmiet Nature ReserveProtected area4 km north
Paradise ValleyNature reserve5 km north-west- Kenneth Stainbank Nature ReserveProtected area · 3 km²6 km south
- Mariannwood Nature ReserveNature reserve · 0 km²9 km west
- Beachwood Mangrove Nature ReserveProtected area9 km north-east
Burman BushProtected area9 km north-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Roosfontein Nature Reserve
141 mammal and 4 363 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus34
- Marsh MongooseAtilax paludinosus28
- Bush-pigPotamochoerus larvatus16
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis16
- Blue DuikerPhilantomba monticola8
- Banded MongooseMungos mungo5
- Greater Cane RatThryonomys swinderianus4
- Brown Greater GalagoOtolemur crassicaudatus4
- Slender MongooseGalerella sanguinea3
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis2
- Hottentot Golden MoleAmblysomus hottentotus2
Birds
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus143
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata143
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus133
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash130
- Purple-crested TuracoTauraco porphyreolophus112
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis107
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens106
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata104
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris104
- Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina100
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus100
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio100
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus99
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis94
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.