Mastic Reserve lies at the eastern end of the North Side of Grand Cayman , one of the Cayman Islands , a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea . It, with the associated Mastic Trail, is managed by the National Trust for the Cayman Islands and is one of the territory's Important Bird Areas (IBAs). It is named after the yellow mastic and black mastic trees which occur in the reserve.
5-616: Mastic Reserve is an 834 ha tract of mainly forested land. It is bounded on the south and west by the Central Mangrove Wetland , and on the north by farmland. It encompasses the largest tract of contiguous native dry forest in the Cayman Islands, as well as the highest part of the low-lying island, with an elevation of 18 m. It also includes stands of royal and silver thatch palms as well as abandoned agricultural land, now grassland . The Mastic Trail
10-624: Is based on a traditional footpath that had fallen into disuse. In 1994 and 1995 it was restored and reopened as a 4 km walking track that passes through the reserve, traversing the central part of Grand Cayman from south to north. The southern part includes a 170 m hand-built rock causeway, known as the “Mastic Bridge”, through black mangrove forest. The IBA was identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of white-crowned pigeons , Cuban amazons , Caribbean elaenias , thick-billed vireos , Yucatan vireos and vitelline warblers . Other birds found in
15-582: The Cayman Islands , a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea . It is one of the territory's Important Bird Areas (IBAs). The 3553 ha IBA covers about 30% of the island area. It lies to the east of North Sound and includes Meagre Bay Pond, Pease Bay Pond and the islet of Booby Cay. The vegetation consists mainly of red , white and black mangroves , and buttonwood . It varies compositionally from stands of dwarf red mangrove on
20-765: The border with North Sound to a forest of black mangrove on the outer southern boundary. There are also areas of seasonally open water as well as scattered islets carrying native dry forest vegetation. The IBA includes the saline lake of Malportas Pond which is separated from the mangrove area and a major site for both resident and wintering waterbirds . The IBA was identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of West Indian whistling ducks (with 1500 individuals), least terns (with 55 breeding pairs), white-crowned pigeons and Cuban amazons . 19°19′00″N 81°14′00″W / 19.31667°N 81.23333°W / 19.31667; -81.23333 This Cayman Islands location article
25-427: The reserve include West Indian woodpeckers and Caribbean doves . 19°19′00″N 81°11′00″W / 19.31667°N 81.18333°W / 19.31667; -81.18333 This Cayman Islands location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Central Mangrove Wetland The Central Manrove Wetland is a large area of mangrove dominated wetland on Grand Cayman , one of
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