Long Pond , also known as Long Salt Pond , is a 23 ha brackish lagoon on the central south-eastern coast of the main island of Anguilla , a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean . About 1.2 km 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 m wide strip of scrub vegetation on limestone . The area to the north and west is residential.
9-1619: Long Pond or Longs Pond may refer to: Natural Feature [ edit ] Long Pond, Tunkhannock Creek, Pennsylvania, Monroe County, Tunkhannock Township Anguilla [ edit ] Long Pond, Anguilla Canada [ edit ] Long Pond, St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador A community in Conception Bay South Long Pond (Herring Cove, Nova Scotia) The purported birthplace of hockey in Windsor, Nova Scotia United States [ edit ] Maine [ edit ] Long Pond (Belgrade Lakes) Long Pond (Hancock County, Maine) , Hancock County, Maine Long Pond (Moose River) Massachusetts [ edit ] Long Pond (West Yarmouth, Massachusetts) Long Pond (Lakeville, Massachusetts) Long Pond (Plymouth, Massachusetts) Long Pond (Rochester, Massachusetts) New Jersey and New York [ edit ] Long Pond (New York) , near Oswegatchie Camp, Lewis County, New York Long Pond (Chenango County, New York) Long Pond (Hamilton County, New York) Long Pond (Warren County, New York) Greenwood Lake , once known as Long Pond, New Jersey / New York Lake Owassa , once known as Long Pond, New Jersey Long Pond Ironworks State Park , Hewitt, New Jersey Pennsylvania [ edit ] Long Pond, Pennsylvania , Pocono Mountains Washington [ edit ] Longs Pond [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
18-474: A population of a species categorized by the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered , Endangered or Vulnerable . In general, the regular presence of a Critical or Endangered species, irrespective of population size, at a site may be sufficient for a site to qualify as an IBA. For Vulnerable species, the presence of more than threshold numbers at a site is necessary to trigger selection. The site forms one of
27-429: A set selected to ensure that all restricted-range species of an Endemic Bird Area (EBA) or a Secondary Area (SA) are present in significant numbers in at least one site and preferably more. The site forms one of a set selected to ensure adequate representation of all species restricted to a given biome, both across the biome as a whole and for all of its species in each range state. The assessment by expert individuals
36-516: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area ( IBA ) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife International . There are over 13,000 IBAs worldwide. These sites are small enough to be entirely conserved and differ in their character, habitat or ornithological importance from
45-593: Is completely lacking. In 1985, following a specific request from the European Economic Community , Birdlife International drew up a list of sites to be protected as a matter of priority. In 1989, a repertoire of IBAs of Europe was released. At first the official name of this type of site was Important Bird Area , hence the acronym IBA, then at the BirdLife World Congress held in Canada in 2014 it
54-701: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Long Pond, Anguilla 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 . 18°12′45″N 63°01′11″W / 18.21250°N 63.01972°W / 18.21250; -63.01972 This Anguilla location article
63-427: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long_Pond&oldid=1053895597 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
72-561: The surrounding habitat. In the United States the program is administered by the National Audubon Society . Often IBAs form part of a country's existing protected area network, and so are protected under national legislation. Legal recognition and protection of IBAs that are not within existing protected areas varies within different countries. Some countries have a National IBA Conservation Strategy, whereas in others protection
81-408: Was decided to adopt the name Important Bird and Biodiversity Area , without changing the acronym. IBAs are determined by an internationally agreed set of criteria. Specific IBA thresholds are set by regional and national governing organizations. To be listed as an IBA, a site must satisfy at least one of the following rating criteria: The site qualifies if it is known, estimated or thought to hold
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