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Brown hyaena Brown Paraphyane brunnea Paraphyane q
Aardwolf Proteles cristatus Proteles q
Chestnut climbing mouse climbing Chestnut Dendromus mystacalis Dendromus q
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White-tailed rat White-tailed Mystromys albicaudatus Mystromys q
Highveld gerbil Highveld atera brantsii atera T q
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Cape clawless otter clawless Cape Aonyx capensis Aonyx Swamp musk shrew musk Swamp Crocidura mariquensis Crocidura
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RIETVLEI NATURE RESERVE FACILITIES The Rietvlei Nature Reserve developed out of the Rietvlei water scheme. The ANGLING/CAMPING/CHALETS reserve is primarily responsible for the conservation of the Rietvlei Dam catchment Times of admission: 05:30 to 19:00 every day of the week. area and the accumulation and distribution of drinking water. The Rietvlei Dam was Entrance gate on Nellmapius (Dam) road. built during the Great Depression and completed in 1934. It lies on the Six Mile Toilet and braai facilities are available. Spruit and is supported by the Marais Dam which serves as a sludge dam for this larger dam. Overnight facilities include camping and self catering chalets. Fish caught in the dam include: catfish, yellow fish, carp and tilapia. The dam wall as well as all the other brickwork was done entirely by hand. During No canoes or baitboats are allowed. those difficult years of the depression, workers were only too happy to work for four For enquiries call (012) 358 1819 shillings per month. All the soil was carted away by mule carts, evidence of which are the numerous horseshoes still found on the koppie across from the yacht club. Mountain bike trails: 6 and 7 Km trails CITY OF TSHWANE During a two year programme started in 1988 the dam wall was raised and other "we are the same" improvements were made. The dam has a surface area of 204.13 ha and a storing THE NATURE RESERVE capacity of 12.024 million m³ when full. The reserve entrance is situated via the Olifantsfontein road. Game may be viewed on 30km of tarred road and 10km of dirt road. AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL An additional supply of water comes from four natural springs within the Reserve, a Birdhides, toilets and braai facilities are provided along these roads. MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT spring on the adjacent private property and from five boreholes on the dolomite Overnight facilities are available to visitors with bookings for horsetrails and areas in the reserve. Today the Rietvlei Nature Reserve provides 15% of Tshwane's hiking trails. water requirements, estimated at 41 million litres of water per day. NATURE CONSERVATION AND RESORTS City Council of Pretoria acquired the farm (Rietvallei) in 1929. The Rietvlei Nature THE YACHT CLUB Reserve is currently owned and operated by the City of Tshwane and situated Access for club members only. south east of Tshwane, in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. Please call (012) 345 3576 for more information. At 1 525 metres above sea level, the reserve covers a surface area of approximately 4 000 ha or 40 km². The capacity of the reserve to support 1500 to LAPA N AT U R E 2000 head of game is well reflected in the extensive herds of locally indigenous Availability and times will vary according to bookings. All bookings must be antelope (Black Wildebees and Blesbok). made two weeks in advance at tel (012) 345 2274 at the Rietvlei Nature RESERVE Reserve. Access is from the Olifantsfontein Road (M57). The lapa can RIETVLEI Among the historical sights in the Reserve is an old homestead dating back to the accommodate between 30 and 200 people. There are attendants at the entrance early 1900's, a stone rampart built by British forces during the second occupation of gate and at the lapa itself who will stack fires. Firewood is supplied and power Pretoria and three groups of graves on which some of the epitaphs are still legible. points, an ice machine, stove, walk-in refrigerator and toilet facilities are also available. Three types of recreational sport are exercised at the Rietvlei Dam including yachting, canoeing and angling. The yacht club is located northwest of the Rietvlei Dam and the angling area is on the northern and western shores. Motorboats are GAME VIEWING TOURS not allowed as the noise disturbs anglers, birds and game and also poses an oil Game viewing tours lasting two hours may be booked in advance. Visitors must pollution threat to drinking water. provide their own bus/kombi while a qualified guide accompanies the group. Sound nature conservation principles are adhered to in the management of the reserve. Roads in the reserve have a multi-purpose function. They are used by HIKING The Reserve also offers guided overnight hiking trails. Please book trails two visitors to view game and by management to patrol the reserve, carry out weeks in advance. Facilities include two overnight rondavels with beds and maintenance and prepare firebreaks. The boundary fence patrol road or firebreak is mattresses, hot and cold water, basic cooking utensils and firewood. The route 35 km long. Altogether there are 91 km of roads in the reserve. covers a distance of 21kms across a 4000ha terrain supporting some 1500 head The veld management program includes an annual burning program which creates of game. There are several historical sites to see on the route. Daily hiking trails a rotational grazing system. It is also necessary to provide additional salt and are also available. mineral licks in winter to further ensure the movement of game within the available space of the reserve. HORSE RIDES Day rides and overnight rides are available. Day rides last approximately four The Reserve has a typical Highveld climate, receives an annual average of 724 hours and overnight rides 3 days. It is possible to book alternative times in mm rain during summer and has dry winters with regular frost at night. The local advance. Guides accompany riders and each rider is provided with their own vegetation type can be described as the central variation of Bankenveld, creating horse, saddle and saddle bags. The route covers a distance of 36kms. open grassland on gently undulating hills. Peat wetlands such as the one in the reserve are rare features in the Southern African landscape. Indigenous trees occur in small groups. In areas where trees do not grow, shale formations are NIGHT OR DAY GAME DRIVES conspicuous. Game drives cater for groups of 10 - 12 or 18 - 20 people. Firewood and blankets are supplied. Game is tracked from open game viewing vehicles by As a result of previous farming activities, which disturbed the soil, several exotic spotlights. Visitors must supply their own food for a braai at the Fish Eagle plants occur in the reserve. Invader trees such as the black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) Lapa. represent a serious threat. These trees, imported from Australia, have no resident natural enemies on the reserve which allows them to spread aggressively. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND LECTURE The most important geological formation is lava, which extends in a broad band ROOM from north to south through the reserve. This gives rise to heavy red loam soil Nature conservation officials offer educational programs to school children and suitable for good grazing. Belts of shale and quartzite run on either side of the other interest groups. andesitic lava, which give rise to grey loamy soil. The eastern part of the reserve consists of dolomite covered by shale and chert. BOOKINGS The Reserve Manager, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, PO Box 1454, Pretoria 0001 Apart from 73 grass species occurring on the reserve there are also more than 500 herb and forb species. In a good year an average of 2 000 kg of grass and 1 300 kg Tel (012) 358 1811/2 or 073 062 3273 of other herbaceous plant material (dry weight) is produced per hectare. TAR ROAD BOUNDARIES LIST OF BIRDS GRAVEL ROAD STREAM Struthio camelus Common Ostrich Podiceps cristatus Great Crested Grebe ARK Podiceps nigricollis Black-necked Grebe BUILDINGS Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Grebe (Dabchick)
Phalacrocorax lucidus White-breasted Cormorant LAPA Phalacrocorax africanus Reed Cormorant ELARDUSP Anhinga rufa African Darter OVERNIGHT HUT Ardea cinerea Grey Heron Ardea melanocephala Black-headed Heron Ardea goliath Goliath Heron PICNIC SITE Ardea purpurea Purple Heron Egretta alba Great Egret ROUTE BIRDHIDE Egretta garzetta Little Egret IRENE Egretta intermedia Yellow-billed Egret Egretta ardesiaca Black Heron Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret ACACIA Ardeola ralloides Squacco Heron Butorides striatus Green-backed Heron CHALETS Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-Heron Ixobrychus minutus Little Bittern ACACIA Scopus umbretta Hamerkop Ciconia ciconia White Stork LION CAMP Ciconia nigra Black Stork Ciconia abdimii Abdim's Stork Mycteria ibis Yellow-billed Stork Threskiornis aethiopicus African Sacred Ibis NOR Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis VLEI Bostrychia hagedash Hadeda Ibis Platalea alba African Spoonbill TH Phoenicopterus ruber Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor Lesser Flamingo Dendrocygna viduata White-faced Duck ROAD Dendrocygna bicolor Fulvous Duck Thalassornis leuconotus White-backed Duck ROUTE Alopochen aegyptiacus Egyptian Goose Tadorna cana South African Shelduck Anas undulate Yellow-billed Duck ROAD Anas sparsa African Black Duck MAIN Anas capensis Cape Teal Anas hottentota Hottentot Teal Anas erythrorhyncha Red-billed Teal Anas smithii Cape Shoveler ANTSFONTEIN Netta erythrophthalma Southern Pochard OLIF Sarkidiornis melanotos Comb (Knobbilled) Duck VLEI
Plectropterus gambensis Spur-winged Goose Oxyura maccoa Maccoa Duck ROAD
Anas platyrhynchos Mallard E
T Sagittarius serpentarius Secretarybird E U Gyps coprotheres Cape Vulture T GHW RO Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture U RO
Milvus migrans Black Kite ARRIE
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Elanus caeruleus Black-shouldered Kite T
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Lophaetus occipitalis Long-crested Eagle N
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Circaetus cinereus Brown Snake-Eagle I
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Haliaeetus vocifer African Fish-Eagle N R
Buteo vulpinus Steppe Buzzard E
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Accipiter ovampensis Ovambo Sparrowhawk N I
Accipiter minullus Little Sparrowhawk G
Accipiter melanoleucus Black Sparrowhawk R
Circus aeruginosus Western (Eurasian) Marsh-Harrier U B
Circus ranivorus African Marsh-Harrier S
Circus pygargus Montagu's Harrier E N
Circus macrourus Pallid Harrier N Polyboroides typus African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene) A
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Pandion haliaetus Osprey O N Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon J Falco biarmicus Lanner Falcon Faclo subbuteo Eurasian Hobby (Falcon) Falco cuvierii African Hobby (Falcon) Falco vespertinus (Western) Red-footed Falcon Falco amurensis Amur Falcon (E. Redf. Kestrel) Falco rupicolis Rock Kestrel Falco rupicoloides Greater Kestrel Falco naumanni Lesser Kestrel Peliperdix coqui Coqui Francolin Scleroptila levaillantoides Orange River Francolin Pternistes swainsonii Swainson's Spurfowl Coturnix coturnix Common Quail RIETVLEI NATURE RESERVE Coturnix delegorguei Harlequin Quail Numida meleagris Helmeted Guineafowl Chrysococcyx caprius Diderick Cuckoo Hirundo fuligula Rock Martin Motacilla capensis Cape Wagtail Anthropoides paradisea Blue Crane Centropus burchellii Burchell's Coucal Delichon urbica Common House-Martin Motacilla flava Yellow Wagtail Balearica regulorum Grey Crowned Crane Tyto alba Barn Owl Riparia riparia Sand Martin Anthus cinnamomeus African (Grassveld) Pipit Rallus caerulescens African Rail Tyto capensis African Grass-Owl Riparia paludicola Brown-throated Martin Anthus similes Long-billed Pipit Crecopsis egregia African Crake Asio capensis Marsh Owl Riparia cincta Banded Martin Anthus leucophrys Plain-backed Pipit Amaurornis flavirostris Black Crake Ptilopsus granti Southern White-faced Scops-Owl Campephaga flava Black Cuckooshrike Anthus vaalensis Buffy Pipit Sarothrura rufa Red-chested Flufftail Glaucidium perlatum Pearl-spotted Owlet Dicrurus adsimilis Fork-tailed Drongo Macronyx capensis Cape (Orangethroated) Longclaw Porphyrio madagascariensis African Purple Swamphen (P. Gallinule) Bubo africanus Spotted Eagle-Owl Oriolus larvatus Black-headed Oriole Lanius minor Lesser Grey Shrike Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen Caprimulgus europaeus European Nightjar Corvus capensis Cape Crow Lanius collaris Common Fiscal Fulica cristata Red-knobbed Coot Caprimulgus pectoralis Fiery-necked Nightjar Corvus albus Pied Crow Lanius collurio Red-backed Shrike Podica senegalensis African Finfoot Caprimulgus rufigena Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Parus cinerascens Ashy Tit Laniarius ferrugineus Southern Boubou Neotis denhami Denham's (Stanley's) Bustard Apus barbatus African Black Swift Parus niger Southern Black Tit Laniarius atrococcineus Crimson-breasted Shrike Eupodotis barrowii Barrow's (S. Whitebellied) Korhaan Apus caffer White-rumped Swift Anthoscopus minutus Cape Penduline-Tit Dryoscopus cubla Black-backed Puffback Eupodotis caerulescens Blue Korhaan Apus horus Horus Swift Turdoides jardineii Arrow-marked Babbler Nilaus afer Brubru Eupodotis afraoides Northern Black Korhaan Apus affinis Little Swift Pycnonotus nigricans African Red-eyed Bulbul Tchagra australis Brown-crowned (Threestr.) Tchagra Actophilornis africanus African Jacana Tachymarptis melba Alpine Swift Pycnonotus tricolor Dark-capped (Blackeyed) Bulbul Tchagra senegala Black-crowned Tchagra Rostratula benghalensis Greater Painted-snipe Cypsiurus parvus African Palm-Swift Turdus libonyanus Kurrichane Thrush Telophorus zeylonus Bokmakierie Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover Colius striatus Speckled Mousebird Turdus smithi Karoo Thrush Malaconotus blanchoti Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Charadrius pecuarius Kittlitz's Plover Colius colius White-backed Mousebird Psophocichla litsipsirupa Groundscraper Thrush Prionops plumatus White-crested (White) Helmet-Shrike Charadrius tricollaris Three-banded Plover Urocolius indicus Red-faced Mousebird Oenanthe monticola Mountain Wheatear (Chat) Acridotheres tristis Common Myna Vanellus coronatus Crowned Lapwing Ceryle rudis Pied Kingfisher Oenanthe pileata Capped Wheatear Spreo bicolour Pied Starling Vanellus armatus Blacksmith Lapwing Megaceryle maxima Giant Kingfisher Cercomela familiaris Familiar Chat Creatophora cinerea Wattled Starling Vanellus senegallus African Wattled Lapwing Alcedo semitorquata Half-collared Kingfisher Myrmecocichla formicivora Anteating Chat Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Violet-backed (Plumcol.) Starling Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone Alcedo cristata Malachite Kingfisher Saxicola torquata African Stonechat Lamprotornis nitens Cape Glossy Starling Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper Halcyon senegalensis Woodland Kingfisher Cossypha caffra Cape Robin-Chat Onychognathus morio Red-winged Starling Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper Halcyon albiventris Brown-hooded Kingfisher Cossypha humeralis White-throated Robin-Chat Buphagus erythrorhynchus Red-billed Oxpecker Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper Merops apiaster European Bee-eater Cercotrichas leucophrys White-browed Scrub-Robin Cinnyris talatala White-bellied Sunbird Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper Merops bullockoides White-fronted Bee-eater Sylvia borin Garden Warbler Chalcomitra amethystina Amethyst (Black) Sunbird Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank Merops pusillus Little Bee-eater Sylvia communis Common Whitethroat Zosterops pallidus Cape White-eye Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper Coracias garrulus European Roller Parisoma subcaeruleum Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler Passer domesticus House Sparrow Calidris minuta Little Stint Coracias caudata Lilac-breasted Roller Acrocephalus arundinaceus Great Reed-Warbler Passer melanurus Cape Sparrow Philomachus pugnax Ruff Coracias naevia Purple Roller Acrocephalus baeticatus (African Marsh) African Reed-Warbler Passer diffusus Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Gallinago nigripennis African (Ethiopian) Snipe Upupa africana African Hoopoe Acrocephalus palustris (Eurasian) Marsh Warbler Amblyospiza albifrons Thick-billed Weaver Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet Phoeniculus purpureus Green (Redbilled) Wood-Hoopoe Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (Eurasian) Sedge Warbler Ploceus cucullatus Village (Spottedbacked) Weaver Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Common Scimitarbill Acrocephalus gracilirostris (Cape Reed) Lesser Swamp-Warbler Ploceus capensis Cape Weaver Burhinus capensis Spotted Thick-knee (Dikkop) Tockus nasutus African Grey Hornbill Chloropeta natalensis Dark-capped Yellow Warbler Ploceus velatus Southern Masked-Weaver Anomalospiza imberbis Cuckoo Finch Cursorius temminckii Temminck's Courser Lybius torquatus Black-collared Barbet Bradypterus baboecala (African Sedge) Little Rush-Warbler Quelea quelea Red-billed Quelea Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Bronze-winged Courser Tricholaema leucomelas Acacia Pied Barbet Phylloscopus trochilus Willow Warbler Euplectes orix Southern Red Bishop Glareola nordmanni Black-winged Pratincole Pogoniulus chryscocus Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Apalis thoracica Bar-throated Apalis Euplectes afer Yellow-crowned (Golden) Bishop Larus cirrocephalus Grey-headed Gull Trachyphonus vaillantii Crested Barbet Sylvietta rufescens Long-billed Crombec Euplectes albonotatus White-winged Widowbird Sterna caspia Caspian Tern Indicator indicator Greater Honeyguide Camaroptera brevicaudata Grey-backed Camaroptera Euplectes ardens Red-collared Widowbird Chlidonias hybridus Whiskered Tern Indicator minor Lesser Honeyguide Sphenoeacus afer Cape Grassbird Euplectes progne Long-tailed Widowbird Chlidonias leucopterus White-winged Tern Prodotiscus regulus Brown-backed (Sharpbilled) Honeybird Cisticola juncidis Zitting (Fantailed) Cisticola Pytilia melba Green-winged Pytilia (Melba Finch) Columba livia Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Campethera bennettii Bennett's Woodpecker Cisticola aridulus Desert Cisticola Lagonosticta rhodopareia Jameson's Firefinch Campethera abingoni Golden-tailed Woodpecker Cisticola textrix Cloud Cisticola Columba guinea Speckled (Rock) Pigeon Uraeginthus angolensis Blue Waxbill Columba arquatrix African Olive-Pigeon (Rameron Pigeon) Dendropicos fuscescens Cardinal Woodpecker Cisticola ayresii Wing-snapping (Ayres's) Cisticola Estrilda astrild Common Waxbill Streptopelia semitorquata Red-eyed Dove Jynx ruficollis Red-throated Wryneck Cisticola lais Wailing Cisticola Ortygospiza atricollis African Quailfinch Streptopelia capicola Cape Turtle-Dove Mirafra cheniana Melodious Lark Cisticola chinianus Rattling Cisticola Amandava subflava Orange-breasted Waxbill Streptopelia senegalensis Laughing Dove Mirafra africana Rufous-naped Lark Cisticola tinniens Levaillant's Cisticola Amadina erythrocephala Red-headed Finch Oena capensis Namaqua Dove Mirafra apiata Eastern Clapper Lark Cisticola aberrans Lazy Cisticola Lonchura cucullata Bronze Mannikin Psittacula krameri Rose-ringed Parakeet Chersomanes albofasciata Spike-heeled Lark Cisticola fulvicapillus Neddicky Vidua macroura Pin-tailed Whydah Corythaixoides concolor Grey Go-away-bird Calandrella cinerea Red-capped Lark Prinia subflava Tawny-flanked Prinia Vidua chalybeata Village Indigobird (Steelblue W/finch) Cuculus canorus Common (Eurasian) Cuckoo Eremopterix leucotis Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark Prinia flavicans Black-chested Prinia Serinus mozambicus Yellow-fronted (-eyed) Canary Cuculus gularis African Cuckoo Hirundo rustica Barn (European) Swallow Muscicapa striata Spotted Flycatcher Serinus atrogularis Black-throated Canary Cuculus solitarius Red-chested Cuckoo Hirundo albigularis White-throated Swallow Melaenornis pammelaina Southern Black Flycatcher Serinus gularis Streaky-headed Seedeater Cuculus clamosus Black Cuckoo Hirundo dimidiata Pearl-breasted Swallow Sigelus silens Fiscal Flycatcher Emberiza capensis Cape Bunting Clamator levaillantii Levaillant's (Striped) Cuckoo Hirundo cucullata Greater Striped Swallow Batis molitor Chinspot Batis Emberiza tahapisi Cinnamon-breasted (Rock) Bunting Clamator jacobinus Jacobin Cuckoo Hirundo abyssinica Lesser Striped Swallow Stenostira scita Fairy Flycatcher Chrysococcyx klaas Klaas's Cuckoo Hirundo spilodera South African Cliff-Swallow Terpsiphone viridis African Paradise-Flycatcher Number of listed possible species: 319 Number of confirmed species: 272