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'''Meads Bay Pond''' is a narrow, brackish lagoon of 52 acres next to [[Long Bay Village]], near the south-western end of the main island of [[Anguilla]]. | '''Meads Bay Pond''' is a narrow, brackish lagoon of 52 acres next to [[Long Bay Village]], near the south-western end of the main island of [[Anguilla]]. | ||
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==Birds== | ==Birds== | ||
BirdLife International noted the pond as an 'Important Bird Area' because it supports a small breeding colony of least terns as well as non-breeding royal terns.<ref name=bli>{{ | BirdLife International noted the pond as an 'Important Bird Area' because it supports a small breeding colony of least terns as well as non-breeding royal terns.<ref name=bli>{{iba}}</ref> | ||
==Location== | ==Location== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:06, 9 January 2018
Meads Bay Pond is a narrow, brackish lagoon of 52 acres next to Long Bay Village, near the south-western end of the main island of Anguilla.
The lagoon is an important wetland habitat and one of the territory’s 'Important Bird Areas'.
Description
The pond is. Its north-western shore is separated from Meads Bay by a thin strip of land, a former dune, that carries a road and tourism developments. The substrate is marl on the northern side and limestone on the southern. Vegetation around the pond consists mainly of stands of buttonwood mangroves (Conocarpus erectus), with some longspine acacia (Vachellia macracantha) and grey nicker (Caesalpinia bonduc) at the western end.[1]
Birds
BirdLife International noted the pond as an 'Important Bird Area' because it supports a small breeding colony of least terns as well as non-breeding royal terns.[1]
Location
- Location map: 18°10’45"N, 63°8’12"W
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Meads Bay Pond IBA: BirdLife International