Table 3: Comparative results of game counts conducted at the atherstone collaborative nature reserve since 2003.
Species | Total | Comparative data | |||||
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2013 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 | |
Grazers | |||||||
Blesbok | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Blue wildebeest | 934 | 488 | 361 | 369 | 414 | 575 | 811 |
Buffalo | 146 | 32 | 54 | 47 | 36 | 92 | 80 |
Plains zebra | 504 | 97 | 167 | 168 | 197 | 299 | 472 |
Ostrich | 5 | 25 | 24 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 3 |
Red hartebeest | 43 | 53 | 35 | 42 | 21 | 40 | 29 |
Sable antelope | 42 | 65 | 71 | 99 | 109 | 44 | 46 |
Tsessebe | 62 | 83 | 95 | 114 | 133 | 54 | 78 |
Warthog | 250 | 215 | 318 | 455 | 451 | 353 | 296 |
Waterbuck | 151 | 70 | 84 | 84 | 73 | 174 | 202 |
White rhino | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Mixed feeders | |||||||
Bushpig | 1 | ||||||
Common duiker | 8 | 77 | 85 | 40 | 26 | 26 | 22 |
Eland | 251 | 150 | 289 | 315 | 284 | 375 | 307 |
Elephant | 96 | 30 | 47 | 57 | 53 | 78 | 78 |
Gemsbok | 213 | 163 | 230 | 260 | 264 | 216 | 205 |
Impala | 592 | 694 | 782 | 576 | 777 | 791 | 935 |
Steenbok | 15 | 63 | 52 | 39 | 40 | 29 | 48 |
Browsers | |||||||
Black rhino | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Bushbuck | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Giraffe | 46 | 31 | 36 | 25 | 38 | 34 | 55 |
Kudu | 100 | 289 | 394 | 348 | 466 | 246 | 309 |
TOTAL | 2628 | 3124 | 3068 | 3404 | 3437 | 3977 | |
Other | |||||||
African wild cat | 1 | 1 | |||||
Bat-eared fox | 3 | ||||||
Black-backed jackal | 6 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
Brown hyena | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
Cheetah | 1 | 1 | |||||
Leopard | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
Serval | 1 |
*Both White and Black Rhino are present, but the number can only be disclosed by LEDET for security reasons.