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Protected area · Mpumalanga
Vaaldam Nature Reserve
Vaaldam Nature Reserve is a protected area in Mpumalanga (Midvaal municipality), about 80 km south of Johannesburg. It covers 253 km² — number 1 by size of the 4 Mpumalanga areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1954.
253km² recorded size
1954year established
—elevation of the point
80 kmsouth of Johannesburg
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- Mpumalanga
- District
- Sedibeng District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Midvaal Local Municipality
- Size
- 253 km² · 25 268 ha
- Rank by size
- 33 of 115 nationally · 1 in Mpumalanga
- Established
- 1954
- Coordinates
- -26.8930, 28.2750
- Nearest large town
- Johannesburg, 80 km south
Sources: Wikidata Q124153144 · WDPA 300657 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- VaaldamnatuurreservaatNature reserve11 km west
- Alice Glockner Nature ReserveProtected area37 km north
- Suikerbosrant Nature ReserveNature reserve42 km north
- Bloufontein Wildlife ParkWildlife sanctuary42 km north-west
- Highveld GardenNature reserve47 km west
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve64 km north
GBIF records within 9 km
Wildlife recorded around Vaaldam Nature Reserve
1 mammal and 9 066 bird occurrence records within 9 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis242
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus205
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali196
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus194
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca182
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris177
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash177
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata165
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis164
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus162
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus161
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus156
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola154
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea130
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.