Merrywing Pond System
The Merrywing Pond System is a golf course wetland system in Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea. It forms one of the territory's Important Bird Areas (IBAs).
Description
[edit]The IBA comprises five small ponds and their associated vegetation, with a total area of about 9 ha, on the Cuisinart Golf Course, near the south-western end of the main island, next to Rendezvous and Merrywing Bays. Two of the ponds are artificial, and are used as freshwater reservoirs for irrigation; the other three are natural and brackish, receiving both freshwater runoff from rainfall and seawater seepage from the bays. The site is vegetated with a mix of native and exotic ornamental plants.[1]
Birds
[edit]The IBA was identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of green-throated caribs, Caribbean elaenias and Lesser Antillean bullfinches.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Merrywing Pond System". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
18°10′36″N 63°07′36″W / 18.17667°N 63.12667°W
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