Table Bay Nature Reserve: Milnerton Racecourse Section
MR News Snippets
We have some interesting news items concerning the Milnerton Racecourse Section of the Table Bay Nature Reserve. Click on the links to read more and/or see pictures in a separate window.
Milnerton Racecourse Spring Walk	13 October 2012
Our Spring Walk through the northern and southern parts of the Milnerton Racecourse Section of the Table Bay Nature Reserve took place on a lovely spring morning. About 30 people attended the walk, and the spring flowers were out in force to please the walkers.
After walking the northern section the walkers could enjoy a bottle of cold water kindly provided by Hirsch's Home Store. During the break Simone Greveling, our guide for the morning, displayed Cape Dwarf Chameleons and a Mole Snake to the group - both chameleons and mole snake were released into the northern part of the nature reserve.
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Cape Bird Club Walk	12 June 2012
On a sunny winter morning members of the Cape Bird Club enjoyed a walk through the northern section of the nature reserve. This was three months after the controlled burn in this area, the normal range of birds would not have been present, although it was interesting to note the species utilising the area after the fire.
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Milnerton Racecourse Spring Walk	8 October 2010
About 15 people went on a Spring Walk in the Milnerton Racecourse Nature Reserve on Saturday 8 October. It was a lovely sunny morning and everybody enjoyed the walk.
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EE with Home of Hope kids	10/11 June 2010
Fourteen children from the Home of Hope in Table View were given a short Environmental Education (EE) course on the MRNR.
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Grysbok capture	3 June 2010
After the 2009 grysbok capture, there were still 7 grysbok left in the nature reserve, and a count early in 2010 indicated that one or two lambs had been born meaning that the numbers were increasing again. A further capture was thus carried out in June 2010.
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Burning the MRNR again	9 March 2010
A fire was again lit in the MRNR, the southernmost portion was burnt 2 years after the area just north of it was burnt. It was a successful burn, professionally handled by the City's Biodiversity Branch staff.
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Walk in the MRNR	23 November 2008
On Sunday 23 November about 30 people joined in a walk in the Milnerton Racecourse Conservation Area organised by the Friends of Rietvlei. The southern part of the MRNR is closed to the public, so it was an exceptional privilege for this group to be taken into this area.
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Grysbok capture	April/May 2008
A game count towards the end of 2006 indicated that there were at least 24 grysbokkies in the Milnerton Racecourse Nature Reserve. This was far too many for such a small site and the Environmental Management Committee decided to have the numbers reduced. The optimal number for an area of this size is 6 animals.
» Click here to view pictures of the capture in 2008
MRNR Burn	24 April 2008
A portion of the southern area of the MRNR was successfully burnt on 24 April 2008. You can read more about the reasons for the burn in our Controlled Burn page.
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