Isleworth Ait

Isleworth Ait, additionally called Isleworth Eyot, is a among 3.5 hectare and 9.370-acre teardrop-formed island within the River Thames in England. The long ait is on the Tideway facing Old Isleworth and the towpath along Kew Gardens. These places are in the London Boroughs of Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames. The island faces Heron's Place and a number of business homes. Isleworth Ait is blanketed by using densely packed timber, and offers a sanctuary for an expansion of flora and fauna. It floods often, but is domestic to extra than 57 species of hen existence, together with the tree-creeper, kingfisher and heron.

Two rare species of air-breathing land gastropods additionally stay on the island, the two-lipped door snail Balea biplicata and the German furry snail Pseudotrichia rubiginosa, in addition to numerous uncommon species of beetles. This type of uncommon natural world makes the island one of the London Wildlife Trust's most terrific reserves. It is a Local Nature Reserve and a part of The River Thames and tidal tributaries Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation.