Meads Bay Pond

Meads Bay Pond is a wetland in Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea. It is one of the territory’s Important Bird Areas (IBAs).

Description

The pond is a narrow, 21 ha brackish lagoon next to Long Bay Village, near the south-western end of the main island. Its north-western shore is separated from Meads Bay by a thin strip of land, a former dune, that carries a road and tourism developments. The substrate is marl on the northern side and limestone on the southern. Vegetation around the pond consists mainly of stands of buttonwood mangroves, with some longspine acacia and grey nicker at the western end.

Birds

The IBA was identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports a small breeding colony of least terns as well as non-breeding royal terns.

References

Coordinates: 18°10′45″N 63°08′12″W / 18.17917°N 63.13667°W / 18.17917; -63.13667

Meads

Coordinates: 50°45′N 0°15′E / 50.75°N 0.25°E / 50.75; 0.25

Meads is an area of the town of Eastbourne in the English county of East Sussex. It is situated at the westerly end of the town below the South Downs.

Boundaries

The local government ward of Meads is extensive, stretching from Birling Gap in the west to almost the pier in the east; it encompasses the famous cliffs of Beachy Head and the former fishing hamlet of Holywell. In recent years, the unofficial terms 'Upper Meads' and 'Lower Meads' have been coined to differentiate between that section of the ward on higher ground to the west, and the lower part nearer to the town centre. Although there are no official boundaries, it can be said that 'Upper Meads' (the part originally known to locals as Meads) lies approximately within the bounds of the Meads Conservation Area.

Councillors

The ward is currently represented on Eastbourne Borough Council by three councillors – all of whom are Conservative. One of the councillors also represents the Meads division on East Sussex County Council.

Meads (disambiguation)

Meads is a district of Eastbourne, East Sussex, England

Meads may also refer to:

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Meads (surname)

Meads is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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