Mida Creek | Kenya’s Coastal Birding
This is a broad, shallow tidal creek bordered by mangrove forests on the coast, Mida Creek is an internationally important site for migratory waders (shorebirds) and a vital feeding ground.
Some of the rare birds here
- Crab-plover (Internationally Important Population)
- Greater Flamingo (Non-breeding resident)
- Dimorphic Egret
- Sokoke Pipit (Globally Threatened – in adjacent forest/scrub)
- Mangrove Kingfisher
- Greater Sandplover
Unique Mammals
- Tursiops Truncatus (Bottlenose Dolphin – Marine area)
- Common Eland (in adjacent coastal scrubs)
- Yellow Baboon
