Long Pond, Anguilla: Difference between revisions
Created page with "right|thumb|350px|Map of Anguilla's ponds {{territory|British Virgin Islands}} '''Long Pond''', also known as '''Long Salt Pond''', is a bracki..." |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
'''Long Pond''', also known as '''Long Salt Pond''', is a brackish lagoon of 57 acres on the central south-eastern coast of the main island of [[Anguilla]]. | '''Long Pond''', also known as '''Long Salt Pond''', is a brackish lagoon of 57 acres on the central south-eastern coast of the main island of [[Anguilla]]. | ||
About 1,200 yards long, it is separated from the sea at its eastern end by sand dunes. Its south shore is separated from the sea by a 300 | About 1,200 yards long, it is separated from the sea at its eastern end by sand dunes. Its south shore is separated from the sea by a 300-yard wide strip of scrub vegetation on limestone. The area to the north and west is residential.<ref name=bli/> | ||
==Birds== | ==Birds== | ||
Revision as of 13:08, 4 May 2017
Long Pond, also known as Long Salt Pond, is a brackish lagoon of 57 acres on the central south-eastern coast of the main island of Anguilla.
About 1,200 yards long, it is separated from the sea at its eastern end by sand dunes. Its south shore is separated from the sea by a 300-yard wide strip of scrub vegetation on limestone. The area to the north and west is residential.[1]
Birds
The site has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International mainly because, between April and September, it is an important nesting and roosting site for least terns, with about 130 breeding pairs recorded in 2007. It is a wintering site for common terns and visited regularly by snowy plovers. Land birds include restricted-range green-throated caribs and Caribbean elaenias.[1]
Location
- Location map: 18°12’45"N, 63°1’11"W
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Long Pond". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2012. http://www.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2012-11-22.