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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Skyline Nature Reserve
Skyline Nature Reserve is listed as nature preserve near Margate, in Ray Nkonyeni municipality, KwaZulu-Natal — about 11 km south-west of Port Shepstone. The nearest other area in the directory is River Valley Nature Reserve, 3 km south-west.
11 kmsouth-west of Port Shepstone
3 kmto the nearest listed area
86species with records nearby
—opening hours listed
AddressR61, Uvongo, Margate, 4265
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Listed as
- Nature preserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Ugu
- Local municipality
- Ray Nkonyeni
- Town
- Margate 4265
- Coordinates
- -30.8195, 30.3898
- Nearest large town
- Port Shepstone, 11 km south-west
- Website
- not listed
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- River Valley Nature ReserveGame reserve3 km south-west
- Mbumbazi Nature ReserveNature reserve11 km west
- Oribi GorgeProtected area16 km north-west
- Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area18 km south-west
- Lake Eland Game ReserveGame reserve25 km north-west
- Umtamvuna Nature ReserveProtected area30 km south-west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Skyline Nature Reserve
126 mammal and 9 174 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit BatEpomophorus wahlbergi32
- Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae27
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus21
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis14
- Indo-Pacific Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus3
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus3
- Hottentot Golden MoleAmblysomus hottentotus3
- Yellow-bellied House BatScotophilus dinganii3
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia2
Birds
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata284
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus270
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina248
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus199
- Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina194
- Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons193
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens191
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala188
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris185
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus184
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis182
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus178
- Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni167
- Black-bellied StarlingNotopholia corrusca160
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.