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Mida Creek (03193958)

Kenya

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Unknown
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information Kenya #16
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2016-03-09
Brief_description
Mida Creek is 32 sq kms of open water, sand flats and mangrove forest. It is a Marine Reserve and a Forest Reserve under the Kenya Wildlife Service and Kenya Forest Service. The actual area counted regularly is the inland section of mainly open sand flats which is the area where c.80% of waterbirds forage at low tide and on a neap high tide c.90% roost together not far from the constructed bird hide.
Physical_features
Deep water channel down the centre of the creek with extensive sand flats particularly on the inland side of the creek; the whole creek is surrounded by mangrove forest. The mouth of the creek is only c.500m wide and is just inside the Watamu Marine
Hydrological_features
Mida Creek is flooded twice a day by the tide through the mouth. There are no streams or freshwater channels entering the creek. However there is significant underground seepage of freshwater from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest to the west which reduces the e
Ecological_features
The mangrove forests have a very high productivity level and the creek is important as a breeding site for fish as well as feeding area for juvenile sea turtles (mainly Green Turtle). It is an Important Bird Area particularly for Lesser Sand Plovers

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
255Calidris alba181.07440   
273Dromas ardeola26516.611112700
256Calidris pugnax11.001  
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus11.001   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata232.0089   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer22.002
2188Egret, DimorphicEgretta dimorpha111.0033
58Egret, GreatArdea alba34.407   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta1025.0040   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus17113.00268   
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica14.8018   
265Godwit, Black-tailedLimosa limosa11.001 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11102.18247   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.001   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.003   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus323.9253   
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.204
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
894Oystercatcher, EurasianHaematopus ostralegus12.333
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula176.41155   
239Plover, Greater SandCharadrius leschenaultii100612.821600650325350
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola70230.22386   
234Plover, Lesser SandCharadrius mongolus74623.7615002501251250
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus12.336   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.672  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea201009.182500  
259Sandpiper, GreenTringa ochropus11.001
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis344.0085   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus42312.561121 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola14.007   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba13.805   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta11039.382600   
77Stork, Woolly-neckedCiconia episcopus11.752   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis215.0041   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo11.001   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii11.001   
902Tern, Gull-billedGelochelidon nilotica157.53155 
297Tern, Lesser CrestedThalasseus bengalensis830.9378   
2070Tern, Saunders'sSternula saundersi125.40108
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus22.002   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres13.628   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A150150.00150
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus20118.50310   
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Friday 29 March 2024 09:18
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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