Barton Point
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Barton Point is a headland on the atoll of Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory. It lies at the northern end of the eastern side of the island.
On and around this headland, 1,680 acres have been set aside as the 'Barton Point Nature Reserve', a 'strict nature reserve'. It provides a habitat with a breeding colony of red-footed boobies, with over 16,000 pairs recorded in a 2004 survey, for which it was identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International.[1]
The reserve is also the site of the Barton Point Atoll Restoration Project, a pilot scheme to remove introduced and invasive coconut palms and replant native hardwood trees.[2]
Location
References
- ↑ Barton Point Nature Reserve IBA: BirdLife International
- ↑ "British Indian Ocean Territory: 2010 Chagos Expedition". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2012. http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/biot. Retrieved 2012-10-21.