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We have some interesting news
items concerning the Milnerton
Racecourse Nature Reserve.
Click on the links below to read
more and see the pictures in a
separate window. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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. |
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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. |
