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Nature reserve · Western Cape
SAS Saldanha Nature Reserve
SAS Saldanha Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Western Cape (Saldanha Bay municipality), about 4 km south-west of Saldanha. Proclaimed or established in 1995.
—km² recorded size
1995year established
—elevation of the point
4 kmsouth-west of Saldanha
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- West Coast District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Saldanha Bay
- Established
- 1995
- Coordinates
- -33.0314, 17.9126
- Nearest large town
- Saldanha, 4 km south-west
Sources: Wikidata Q124049084 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area3 km south-east
- Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area5 km east
- Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area7 km south-east
- Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve14 km south-east
West Coast National ParkNational park16 km south-east
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area17 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around SAS Saldanha Nature Reserve
13 mammal and 27 930 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Cape GannetMorus capensis25 182
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini597
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis569
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii461
- Crowned CormorantMicrocarbo coronatus349
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus347
- Bank CormorantPhalacrocorax neglectus45
- Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii22
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres21
- African PenguinSpheniscus demersus16
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis15
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca10
- Common TernSterna hirundo10
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris9
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.