West End Pond (Anguilla (to UK)) IBA | Summary

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West End Pond

Current view: summary

Country/territory: Anguilla (to UK)

IBA criteria met: A2, B4i (2014)
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Area: 19 hectares (0.19 km²)

IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent)	State (condition)	Pressure (threat)	Response (action)
2013	moderate	high	very low
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Site description (2013 baseline)

West End pond is one of the larger brackish ponds and is the western-most wetland of all ponds on the mainland. This pond consists of one basin split into two by a causeway. East of the causeway, the pond appears more circular while west of the causeway the pond narrows and lengthens. The first basin features a number of rock walls previously used during periods of salt harvesting in Anguilla and has mostly rocky shorelines and a marl substrate. The second basin is relatively inaccessible as it lies behind the property of Cove Castles Resort.

A causeway, running through the pond provides access to the tourism developments that line the beach at Shoal Bay West. The causeway branches out into two unpaved roads going in opposite directions; both of which lead to the tourism related properties. There is a culvert through the causeway that connects both ends of the pond.

The pond is surrounded by stands of buttonwood, black and white mangrove on the western shoreline of its first basin with white and buttonwood mangrove along its eastern shoreline and all along the second basin. The south-eastern side of the pond has undergone some vegetation clearing resulting in a more exposed and landscaped shoreline.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: West End Pond (Anguilla (to UK)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/west-end-pond-iba-anguilla-(to-uk) on 23/12/2024.