We have partnered with CapeNature and proclaimed our natural remnants as a Voluntary Conservation Site with their Stewardship program and pledged to manage the veld in accordance to their conservation laws and ethics.

Since 2006, we’ve been reintroducing locally indigenous wildlife into the reserve including Eland, Bontebok, Zebra, Red Hartebees, Gemsbok and Springbok.  Animals which were already there includes Grey Rhebuck, Grysbok, Duiker, Steenbok and several smaller predators such as Caracal, African wild cat, Honey Badger, the elusive Cape fox, bat-eared fox, yellow mongoose, striped polecat and Cape clawless otter.

Also occurring naturally is a variety of birds, reptiles and amphibians which are now also protected from persecution.  Some of the endangered or protected species include blue cranes, secretary birds, black harriers and two tortoise species (i.e. angulate tortoise or 'rooipensskilpad' and the parrot-beaked tortoise). The critically endangered geometric toroise use to occur in the area, but has gone extinct since the 90's. We are now working with CapeNature to try and restock the reserve.
 

Biodiversity
Sep 1

Written by: Conservation Officer
9/1/2011 4:43 PM 

  The flowers are coming along really nicely on the farm. We've had a very dry July and as a result the August flowers were not looking good. However, we've had some good rains in August, so the September flowers should be really nice.

There are already fields of white daisies (Dimorphoteca pluvialis); yellow Bokbaaivygies (Dorotheanthus bellidiformis); tall, white slakblomme (Hebenstreitia dentata) and the odd deep orange botterblom (Gazania spp. Arctotis spp.) in the sandy areas. The mountain is covered in bulbs of various colours which include Romuleas (Romulea hirsute (orange), Romulea rosea(pink)), Kalkoentjies (Gladiolus alatus-Orange-Yellow), Rooipypies (Gladiolus watsonius - Red), haasboegoe (Diosma obtusifolia - white), bloukappies (Sparaxis villosa - Yellow), renosteruintjies (Moreae gawleri - pink/brown) and katstert (Bulbinella cauda-felis - white) many of which have a very localised distribution and are considered threatened or endangered.

The wetlands are the jewel in the rough. Only a tiny little fragment remains (less than 2 ha) but is full of flowers, most of which are critically endangered, or on the brink of going extinct. These include Leipoldt-se-bobbejaantjie (Babiana leipoldtii - Critically Endangered), geelbobbejaantjie (Babiana pygmaea - Critically Endangered) and Darling-froetang (Romulea exima - Endangered).

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