Betty Bay MPA (34201853) | |
|---|---|
Western Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | |
| Management status | CapeNature |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED MPA |
| IBA information | Falls just outside the Boland Mountains IBA |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | Click here |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 2018-11-30 |
| Brief_description |
| The MPA is located in Betty's Bay which lies along the Atlantic Ocean on the Southern Cape coast of South Africa. It forms part of the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve in Overstrand Municipality and lies approximately 29km south-east of Gordon's Bay and 37 km north-west of Hermanus. Stretching along 3km of coastline, the MPA comprises the inshore marine environment between two beacons - one on the west side at Stony Point and the other on the east side at Jock's Bay. The Betty's Bay MPA is under threat from Local and out-of-town poachers who target the MPA's protected resident abalone resources |
| Physical_features |
| Same as above |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Cormorant, Bank | Phalacrocorax neglectus | 2 | 15.20 | 44 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 1 | 19.00 | 63 | |||
| 51 | Cormorant, Crowned | Microcarbo coronatus | 1 | 17.88 | 51 | 26 | ||
| 9638 | Cormorant, Great | Phalacrocorax carbo | 11 | 11.00 | 11 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 3.67 | 8 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 2 | 17.63 | 57 | |||
| 267 | Curlew, Eurasian | Numenius arquata | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 4.94 | 12 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 1.75 | 4 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 0 | 67.64 | 314 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 1 | 107.51 | 412 | 250 | 125 | 300 |
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 13.42 | 57 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.20 | 6 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 25.32 | 79 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 5.83 | 17 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.14 | 2 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.60 | 4 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 2.94 | 14 | |||
| 246 | Lapwing, White-crowned | Vanellus albiceps | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 2 | 30.44 | 61 | 48 | 24 | 55 |
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 2 | 2.67 | 4 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 6 | 51.58 | 146 | 125 | ||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 7.00 | 13 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 4 | 164.50 | 538 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 1 | 32.25 | 266 | 250 | 200 | |
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 38 | 80.00 | 122 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 0 | 20.09 | 55 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 1 | 2.00 | 3 |
Thursday 27 March 2025 09:33
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department
of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
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