• Butterfly Walk – CT Trails Day Weekend

    Nature Center

    Join butterfly hobbyist Michele Sorensen to explore the gardens and natural areas around the Park’s Nature Center in search of caterpillars, skippers, moths and butterflies. We may see Mourning Cloak,...

    Free
  • Nature Walk – CT Trails Day Weekend

    Nature Center

    Discover Sherwood Island! Go beach to beach and discover habitats, inhabitants, and special features (9/11 Memorial, Model Airport, wetlands, pine forest) of this waterfront Gateway park. Go beach to beach...

    Free
  • Horseshoe Crab Walk

    Nature Center

    Kyra Lerner, a volunteer with Sacred Heart University’s Project Limulus and a former Sherwood Island Nature Center Intern, will lead a talk and walk about Horseshoe Crabs on Sunday, June...

    Free
  • What’s Crawling Up the Beach?

    Nature Center

    Walk the East Beach with our Environmental Educators looking for state-protected horseshoe crabs and diamondback terrapins (turtles) that come ashore in May and June to lay eggs in the sand....

  • Beach to Beach Walk – CT Trails Day

    Nature Center

    Discover Sherwood Island! Go beach to beach on a Fun Walk along Long island Sound- discover habitats, inhabitants, birding locations, viewing platforms, a purple martin enclave, and other special features of...

    Free