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The Milnerton
Racecourse Nature
Reserve
(MRNR) is situated to the east of
the residential development
known as Royal Ascot in
Milnerton. To the east of the
MRNR are the
Gold Circle stables and horse
training facilities, and beyond
this the semi-industrial area of
Montague Gardens. |
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The MRNR is approximately 17.6ha
in size and is divided into two
portions, a northern area and a larger
southern area. The two areas
are physically
separated - in the past by the
horse racing track, and today by
residential development.
Historically, this now remnant
natural veld would have been
connected to the Rietvlei
wetland complex. |
Aerial photo (2005) showing northern (top right)
and southern (center of pic) conservation areas. |
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The MRNR is one of the most
important conservation areas in
the Western Cape - find out more
about it: |
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Information about the MRNR is sourced
from a poster authored by Jeremy
Keyser and Mandy Noffke of
Planning in Balance (now Wetland
Solutions) and presented at the
Fynbos Forum 2007;
additional information by Niel
van Wyk. All pictures of fauna
and flora on these pages were taken in the
Milnerton Racecourse Nature
Reserve by
Jeremy Keyser. |
