Intaka Island is situated just north of Canal Walk. It comprises a 25 hectare artificial wetland. The retention ponds contains water on a permanent basis whereas a section of the wetland also operates on a seasonal basis. Counts are conducted of the area as a whole. Intaka Island supports a good variety of waterbirds. Most notably it serves as a very important roosting and breeding site for various colonial waterbird species within the peninsula; the most important of these being White-breasted Cormorant and African Sacred Ibis. |