Coleford Nature Reserve

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · built 1948

Coleford Nature Reserve is a provincial nature reserve located in the Southern Drakensberg region of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Situated approximately 18 kilometres south of Underberg, the reserve protects 1,272 hectares (3, 140 acres) of Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, a threatened vegetation type endemic to the region. The reserve is named after James Cole, the original European settler to the area, who despite owning the land neither farmed nor lived at Coleford. The reserve forms part of the Greater Ingwangwana River Important Bird Area (IBA) and is recognised as critical habitat for the endangered wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus) and the critically endangered white-winged flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi).

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