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Site description (2006 baseline):
Site location and context
Goulding Cay is located off the west end of New Providence, directly offshore of Jaws Beach, near Lyford Cay.
Each summer, May through August, Bridle Terns, Sooty Terns and Brown Noddies by the hundreds return to nest on Goulding Cay. Starting 2004 the Ornithology Group of the Bahamas National Trust has monitored this site each summer and feel confident that up to 2007 the site was doing well.
Goulding Cay is an uninhabited offshore rocky cay with low coastline vegetation such as
bay marigolds, bay lavender, bay cedar, sea purslane and railroad vines.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Illegal egging and disturbance of birds. Because of its proximity to the densely populated city of Nassau and New Providence island, disturbance of nesting seabirds and possible threat of egging by residents, boaters and offshore divers is a major concern. The protected status of this island is not yet established.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Goulding Cay Wild Bird Reserve (Bahamas). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/goulding-cay-wild-bird-reserve-iba-bahamas on 23/12/2024.
