Table Bay Nature Reserve

The Table Bay Nature Reserve is an 880-hectare (2,200-acre) nature reserve in Milnerton, Western Cape, South Africa. It consists of several smaller constituent reserves including Rietvlei Wetland Reserve, Diep River Fynbos Corridor, Zoarvlei Wetlands, Milnerton Racecourse Nature Reserve, and Milnerton Lagoon, as well as surrounding protected areas. These adjacent reserves were amalgamated on 27 June 2012, in order to improve the biodiversity management in the built-up area. It is managed by the City of Cape Town's Environmental Resource Management Department, with offices at Rietvlei.[1]

Table Bay Nature Reserve
Location of Table Bay Reserve
Table Bay Nature Reserve (Western Cape)
LocationMilnerton, Western Cape, South Africa
Coordinates33°50′45″S 18°30′01″E
Area880 hectares (8.8 km2)
Governing bodyCity of Cape Town
www.capetown.gov.za/en/environmentalresourcemanagement/Pages/default.aspx

The Table Bay Nature Reserve forms the southernmost buffer area of the Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve, and links it to the edge of Cape Town's city centre. It also contains a large portion of the critically endangered lowland habitats remaining in Cape Town.

The central feature in the Table Bay Nature Reserve is the Rietvlei wetland system. The Rietvlei Wetlands and Milnerton Lagoon were proclaimed as a Nature Area on 3 August 1984, in proclamation number 1632 of Provincial Gazette No. 9345. The Nature Reserve is partly owned by the City of Cape Town and the World Wildlife Fund for Nature – South Africa, who own two of the Erven. The City of Cape Town manages these two Erven on a 99-year lease for the purposes of nature conservation.[1]

Biodiversity

Fauna and flora in the reserve include the following:[2]

Mammals

Indigenous

Bathyergidae
Bovidae
Canidae
Chrysochloridae
Felidae
Herpestidae
Hystricidae
Leporidae
Muridae
Mustelidae;
Soricidae
Vespertilionidae
Viverridae

Introduced

Canidae
  • Canis lupus familiaris a.k.a. Canis familiaris (domestic dog)
Felidae

Reptiles

Chamaeleonidae
Colubridae
Elapidae
  • Homoroselaps lacteus (spotted harlequin snake)
  • Naja nivea (Cape cobra)
Gekkonidae
Gerrhosauridae
Lacertidae
Leptotyphlopidae
Pelomedusidae
  • Pelomedusa subrufa (marsh terrapin)
Scincidae
  • Acontias meleagris meleagris (Cape legless skink)
  • Scelotes bipes (silvery dwarf burrowing skink)
  • Trachylepis capensis (Cape skink)
  • Typhlosaurus caecus (Cuvier's blind legless skink)
  • Trachylepis homalocephala (red-sided skink), (redsided skink)
Testudinidae
Typhlopidae
Viperidae

Amphibians

Brevicipitidae
Bufonidae
Pipidae
Pyxicephalidae bonaparte

Fish

Indigenous

Anabantidae
Anguillidae
Clupeidae
Galaxiidae
Gobiidae
Mugilidae
Sparidae

Introduced

Cichlidae
Clariidae
Cyprinidae
  • Cyprinus carpio (carp)
Poeciliidae

Birds

Accipitridae
Alaudidae
Alcedinidae
Anatidae
Anhingidae
Apodidae
Ardeidae
Caprimulgidae
Centropodidae
Cerylidae
Charadriidae
Chionidae
Ciconiidae
Cisticolidae
Coliidae
Columbidae
Corvidae
Cuculidae
Dendrocygnidae
Estrildidae
Falconidae
Fringillidae
Gruidae
  • Anthropoides paradiseus (blue crane) vulnerable (VU)
Haematopodidae
Heliornithidae
Hirundinidae
Indicatoridae
Laniidae
Laridae
Lybiidae
Meropidae
Monarchidae
Motacillidae
Muscicapidae
Nectariniidae
Passeridae
Pelecanidae
Phalacrocoracidae
Phasianidae
Phoenicopteridae
Ploceidae
Podicipedidae
Pycnonotidae
Rallidae
Recurvirostridae
Rostratulidae
Scolopacidae
Scopidae
Strigidae
Sturnidae
Sylviidae
Threskiornithidae
Tytonidae
Upupidae
Viduidae
Zosteropidae
Aizoaceae
Amaranthaceae
Amaryllidaceae
Anacardiaceae
Apiaceae
Apocynaceae
Aponogetonaceae
Araceae
Asparagaceae
Asphodelaceae
  • Aloe sp.1
  • Trachyandra filiformis
  • Trachyandra ciliata
  • Trachyandra divaricata
  • Bulbine lagopus
  • Trachyandra brachypoda
  • Trachyandra muricata
  • Trachyandra revoluta
Asteraceae
Brassicaceae
Campanulaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Celastraceae
Ceratophyllaceae
Colchicaceae
  • Androcymbium eucomoides
  • Ornithoglossum viride
  • Androcymbium capense
Convolvulaceae
Crassulaceae
Cucurbitaceae
  • Kedrostis nana
Cyperaceae
Ebenaceae
Ericaceae
  • Erica subdivaricata
Euphorbiaceae
Fabaceae
Frankeniaceae
  • Frankenia pulverulenta
Fumariaceae
Gentianaceae
Geraniaceae
Haemodoraceae
  • Wachendorfia paniculata
Hyacinthaceae
Hypoxidaceae
  • Spiloxene aquatica
  • Spiloxene capensis
Iridaceae
Juncaceae
Juncaginaceae
  • Triglochin bulbosa
Lamiaceae
Lauraceae
  • Cassytha ciliolata
Lemnaceae
Lobeliaceae
  • Lobelia sp.1
  • Monopsis lutea
  • Monopsis simplex
Malvaceae
  • Hermannia multiflora
  • Hermannia pinnata
  • Hermannia procumbens
  • Malva parviflora
  • Hermannia linifolia
  • Hermannia procumbens procumbens
Melianthaceae
Menispermaceae
  • Cissampelos capensis
Mesembryanthemaceae
Molluginaceae
  • Pharnaceum lineare
Myoporaceae
Myricaceae
  • Morella cordifolia
  • Morella quercifolia
Neuradaceae
  • Grielum grandiflorum
Oleaceae
Onagraceae
  • Ludwigia adscendens diffusa
Orchidaceae
Orobanchaceae
  • Harveya squamosa
Oxalidaceae
Plantaginaceae
Plumbaginaceae
  • Limonium equisetinum
  • Limonium scabrum
Poaceae
Polygalaceae
  • Nylandtia spinosa (skilpadbessie bos), (tortoise berry bush)
  • Polygala myrtifolia
  • Muraltia satureioides
Polygonaceae
Potamogetonaceae
Proteaceae
  • Leucadendron levisanus (Cape flats conebush)
Ranunculaceae
Restionaceae
  • Thamnochortus sp.1
  • Willdenowia incurvata
  • Elegia tectorum
  • Ischyrolepis eleocharis
  • Thamnochortus spicigerus
  • Calopsis rigorata
  • Elegia verreauxii
  • Thamnochortus erectus
Rhamnaceae
  • Phylica ericoides
  • Phylica cephalantha
  • Phylica parviflora
Rosaceae
  • Cliffortia falcata
  • Cliffortia stricta
  • Cliffortia ericifolia
  • Cliffortia hirta
Rubiaceae
  • Anthospermum spathulatum
  • Galium tomentosum
Ruppiaceae
Rutaceae
  • Diosma aspalathoides
Sapotaceae
Scrophulariaceae
  • Diascia capensis
  • Hebenstretia cordata
  • Hebenstretia repens
  • Hemimeris racemosa
  • Lyperia lychnidea
  • Lyperia tristis
  • Manulea tomentosa
  • Nemesia versicolor
  • Phyllopodium cephalophorum
  • Hemimeris sabulosa
  • Nemesia affinis
  • Zaluzianskya villosa
  • Dischisma capitatum
  • Hebenstretia dentata
  • Manulea rubra
  • Nemesia ligulata
Solanaceae
Sterculiaceae
  • Hermannia procumbens
Tecophilaeaceae
Thymelaeaceae
Typhaceae
Viscaceae
Zygophyllaceae
  • Zygophyllum flexuosum
  • Zygophyllum morgsana
  • Zygophyllum sessilifolium

Introduced

Agavaceae
Anacardiaceae
Araceae
Asteraceae
  • Senecio pterophorus
Azollaceae
Boraginaceae
Cactaceae
Commelinaceae
Fabaceae
Haloragaceae
Lythraceae
Malvaceae
Moraceae
Myoporaceae
Myrtaceae
Poaceae
Pontederiaceae

References

  1. Nature reserves Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Table Bay Nature Reserve Draft Integrated Reserve Management Plan
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