Fresh Pond, Sint Maarten

Fresh Pond is a 14 ha water body in Sint Maarten on the island of Saint Martin.

It has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports populations of various threatened or restricted-range bird species.

The pond is bordered with reeds, mangroves and coconut palms.

American coots have been recorded breeding at the site, as well as snowy egrets, pied-billed grebes, common moorhens, great egrets, white-cheeked pintails and ruddy ducks.

Other birds for which the IBA was designated include green-throated caribs, Antillean crested hummingbirds, Caribbean elaenias, pearly-eyed thrashers and lesser Antillean bullfinches.