Nature in Barbados
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Long Pond is a coastal lagoon on the East Coast of the island. Long Pond is fed by the Bruce Vale and Walkers Rivers which are the 2nd and 3rd largest watersheds in the island. The area has several significant and unique habitats such as a sand dune system, mangroves, a marshy wooded area and the pond itself. These habitats are inhabited by several species of fishes, crabs, and shrimps. The area is frequented by many resident and migratory water birds. The beach is a key nesting area for leatherback sea turtles.
Graeme Hall Wetland is located in the heart of the bustling, highly developed south coast of Barbados. It is the only remaining mangrove forest on the island and was once an estuary connected to the ocean. Home for both local and migratory birds, Graeme Hall Swamp is the largest wetland habitat and the only mangrove forest on the island.
Cole's Cave is a coral limestone cave carved by the process of karstification. Rainwater slowly dissolving the limestone carving this beautiful cave. Stalactites, stalagmites and flowstone are found in this cave along with several bat species, cave shrimp and cave pseudoscorpion.