30:
309:
156:
167:
Accounts written at the time of
Bermuda's settlement leave no doubt that herons and egrets of several species were resident and breeding on the island. Diego Ramirez (in Wilkinson 1950) describing the events of his shipwreck on Bermuda in 1603, wrote of "the many very large dark herons" and Sylvanus
174:
shipwreck of 1609 that led to
British settlement, reported in 1610 that "there are also great store and plenty of herons and those so familiar and tame that we beat them down from the trees with stones and staves, but such were young herons. Besides many white herons without so much as a black or
234:
350:
379:
270:
115:
The island is a wildlife sanctuary. It is wooded and with a small freshwater marsh; access to the public is strictly limited. The
384:
49:
204:
343:
65:
214:
119:
of the once barren island into a 'Living Museum of pre-colonial
Bermuda' is the lifetime work of now retired Bermudian
374:
369:
61:
336:
179:
and the official chronicler of the
Virginia expedition, wrote of the "white and grey Hernshawes and bittons."
95:. On the eastern part of the island there still remains a small cemetery. In 1930 it served as a base for
69:
57:
124:
190:, otherwise known as the Bermudian rock lizard, is also known to have a population on Nonsuch Island.
116:
73:
29:
254:
320:
175:
grey feather on them." Likewise, William
Strachey (in Lefroy 1877), another survivor of the
246:
208:
127:
77:
141:
160:
149:
363:
250:
183:
120:
96:
308:
235:"Threats to the Critically Endangered endemic Bermudian skink Eumeces longirostris"
89:
170:
104:
100:
130:, and part of his effort to bring back from near-extinction the once plentiful
17:
92:
285:
272:
258:
233:
Davenport, John; Hills, Jeremy; Glasspool, Anne; Ward, Jack (24 April 2009).
134:
148:. This project involves the reintroduction of other species, notably the
131:
199:
316:
155:
137:
53:
45:
80:). Among the island's charted features is a bay called Nonsuch Bay.
154:
145:
28:
324:
56:(14 acres) in area and is at the east entrance to
44:) is part of the chain of islands which make up
168:Jourdain, (in Lefroy 1877), a survivor of the
344:
8:
200:Nonsuch Island Nature Reserve, DNER, Bermuda
351:
337:
60:, close to the south-easternmost point of
52:, in the northeast of Bermuda. It is 5.7
225:
182:The endemic, and critically endangered
7:
305:
303:
323:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
25:
307:
251:10.1046/j.1365-3008.2001.00200.x
211:about the Living Museum project
64:(cojoined with the much larger
1:
380:St. George's Parish, Bermuda
33:St George's Parish, Bermuda
401:
302:
385:Bermuda geography stubs
215:Nonsuch Island homepage
186:Plestiodon longirostris
163:on Nonsuch Island, 2009
88:In 1865 it served as a
68:by the construction of
319:location article is a
164:
34:
286:32.34750°N 64.66306°W
158:
32:
150:West Indian topshell
291:32.34750; -64.66306
282: /
93:quarantine hospital
375:Island restoration
370:Islands of Bermuda
165:
74:United States Army
50:St George's Parish
35:
332:
331:
66:St David's Island
16:(Redirected from
392:
353:
346:
339:
311:
304:
297:
296:
294:
293:
292:
287:
283:
280:
279:
278:
275:
263:
262:
230:
209:David B. Wingate
144:of Bermuda, the
128:David B. Wingate
78:Second World War
21:
400:
399:
395:
394:
393:
391:
390:
389:
360:
359:
358:
357:
300:
290:
288:
284:
281:
276:
273:
271:
269:
268:
266:
232:
231:
227:
223:
196:
184:Bermuda skink (
142:national emblem
125:conservationist
113:
86:
62:Cooper's Island
42:Nonesuch Island
23:
22:
18:Nonesuch Island
15:
12:
11:
5:
398:
396:
388:
387:
382:
377:
372:
362:
361:
356:
355:
348:
341:
333:
330:
329:
312:
265:
264:
245:(4): 332–339.
224:
222:
219:
218:
217:
212:
202:
195:
194:External links
192:
161:Bermuda petrel
112:
109:
85:
82:
58:Castle Harbour
38:Nonsuch Island
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
397:
386:
383:
381:
378:
376:
373:
371:
368:
367:
365:
354:
349:
347:
342:
340:
335:
334:
328:
326:
322:
318:
313:
310:
306:
301:
298:
295:
260:
256:
252:
248:
244:
240:
236:
229:
226:
220:
216:
213:
210:
206:
203:
201:
198:
197:
193:
191:
189:
187:
180:
178:
173:
172:
162:
157:
153:
151:
147:
143:
139:
136:
133:
129:
126:
122:
121:ornithologist
118:
110:
108:
106:
102:
98:
97:William Beebe
94:
91:
83:
81:
79:
75:
71:
70:Kindley Field
67:
63:
59:
55:
51:
47:
43:
39:
31:
27:
19:
325:expanding it
314:
299:
267:
242:
238:
228:
185:
181:
176:
169:
166:
114:
103:'s landmark
90:yellow fever
87:
41:
40:(originally
37:
36:
26:
289: /
177:Sea Venture
171:Sea Venture
159:Chick of a
117:restoration
111:Environment
105:bathysphere
101:Otis Barton
76:during the
48:. It is in
364:Categories
277:64°39′47″W
274:32°20′51″N
221:References
259:1365-3008
135:nocturnal
317:Bermuda
205:Article
138:seabird
132:endemic
84:History
72:by the
46:Bermuda
257:
140:, and
107:dive.
315:This
146:cahow
321:stub
255:ISSN
239:Oryx
123:and
99:and
247:doi
207:by
152:.
366::
253:.
243:35
241:.
237:.
54:ha
352:e
345:t
338:v
327:.
261:.
249::
188:)
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
