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{{Short description|Nature reserve in Eswatini}}
{{Designation list
 | designation1 = Ramsar
 | designation1_offname = Hawane Dam and Nature Reserve
 | designation1_date = 12 June 2013
 | designation1_number = 2121<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hawane Dam and Nature Reserve|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2121|accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref>}}
'''Hawane Nature Reserve''' was first established in 1978 to protect an area of marsh along the [[Mbuluzi River]] in [[Eswatini]]. This area included the natural habitat of ''[[Kniphofia umbrina]]'', a rare Eswatini endemic [[Kniphofia|red hot poker]].  When the Hawane dam was built in 1988 to provide [[Mbabane]]'s water supply, the reserve was expanded to protect the surrounding wetlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sntc.org.sz/reserves/hawane.asp|title=Hawane Nature Reserve|publisher=[[Swaziland National Trust Commission]]|accessdate=2009-10-15}}</ref>  The reserve is managed by the [[Swaziland National Trust Commission]].

The reserve's main attraction is its wealth of birdlife. A trail is provided for bird-watching.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roughguides.com/website/travel/Destination/content/default.aspx?titleid=35&xid=idh475705600_0832|title=Hawane Dam and horse trails|publisher=[[Rough Guides]] Ltd|accessdate=2009-10-15}}</ref> Bird species include [[lanner falcon]], [[egyptian goose]], [[pied kingfisher]] and [[white-faced whistling duck]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.welcometoswaziland.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=61|title=Bird Watching|publisher=Swaziland Tourism Authority|accessdate=2009-10-15}}</ref>

==References==
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==See also==
* [[List of birds of Eswatini]]

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