Great Salt Pond

18.03201 , -63.05009

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

As a former production saltpond the site still has a lot of the low rockwalls deviding the pond in parcels. These are excelent perches for all kinds af waterbirds when the water level is low enough for the walls to just protrude from the water.

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Coordinates were set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) : 18.0320/-63.0501 (2021-01-17 12:46:09 )

Site name was set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) as "Great Salt Pond" (2021-01-17 12:46:09 )

Edited by Binkie Van Es on 2023-04-30 14:59:36
As a former production saltpond the site still has a lot of the low rockwalls deviding the pond in parcels. These are excelent perches for all kinds af waterbirds when the water level is low enough for the walls to just protrude from the water.

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  • Timing and strategy

Best time is morning hours.

The waterlevel has to be low enough for the rockwalls to stick out from the water.

At present that is rare, since the waterpumnps controlling the waterlevel are not working.

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Edited by Binkie Van Es on 2023-04-30 15:01
Best time is morning hours. The waterlevel has to be low enough for the rockwalls to stick out from the water. At present that is rare, since the waterpumnps controlling the waterlevel are not working.
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Edited by Binkie Van Es on 2023-04-30 15:00
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