Nyiur beach and swamp


The name is Sundanes for coconut palm,but these day is the Gebbang or corpha hutan,a large feanleave palm,which dominates the scenery here.water backad of behind the uplifted coral reefs,on the shore here form an extensive lake and swampy pastures,favourite haunt,of pig and waterfowls,hrones,wooly necked stork,cormorants,egrets.The smaller trees are mostly the red twigged attractive hudicia humilis,which now covers and old grazing ground.South of Nyiur the almost inpenetrable palm and torny bamboo thickets,combined with the sharp leaved Mapaniasedga inthe swampy area,make agood rhino sanctuary area.It has been refuge from hunters and poacher in less protected time.Nyiur has a caracteristic of the beach and sub marine diversity