Join us Saturday or Sunday, April 13 & 14 from 10 am to 2 pm to plant our next 100 foot+ section of beach grass in the East dunes. UConn Master Gardeners will be on hand to guide your plantings, and answer questions about native coastal habitat. We'll also have buckets so you and your...
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. Wear water shoes and knee-length pants. Bring your cameras. Suitable for the whole family. Free. Meet at the Nature Center.
Join us for an Archaeology Walk on the Sherwood Island History Trail. The walk will be led by Archaeologists Dawn Brown and Ernie Wiegand. The walk will include points of interest, terrain, and examining the traces of past inhabitants of Sherwood Island, from 1000 B.C. to the 1940s. The leader will share findings from recent...
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 this waterfront Gateway park. Other park points of interest include Connecticut’s 9/11 Memorial, model aircraft Airport, Trail heads, wetlands, and a pine forest. Comfortable shoes,...
See Sherwood Island from the water! Join us for an early morning paddle with Michele, a retired Coastal Kayak Instructor with twenty years teaching experience. Bring your own kayak, canoe, or other paddlecraft, as well as a pump/bailer. A life vest and whistle/horn are required by CT state boating regulations. Your life vest must be worn...
Explore the northernmost edges of the Park. Meet at the Nature Center for a walk to explore the marshy shoreline of the park, led by a former CT Audubon Society Environmental Educator. We’ll pause to listen for Marsh Wren and Clapper/Virginia Rail with Merlin bird sound ID app. Diamondback Terrapin may be seen sunning along the...
Attend the Friends' Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 9. Meet the Board, Officers, Nature Center Interns and the Park Supervisor. Enjoy our 2 pm and 3 pm learning events and refreshments.
Purple Martin Bird Banding starts at 10am on June 27th (raindate June 28th). Please note, date may change due to the bird's (and DEEPs) schedule.
See some amazing birds of prey presented by the Earthplace staff on the porch of the Nature Center.
The Sherwood Island Nature Center is looking forward to hosting Ms. Cia Marion, a Westport CT. resident and avid Monarch Butterfly “nurturer”, who has several nesting stations around her backyard. She will speak about the lifecycle of the Monarch butterfly, using slides and – if their developmental timing is right- some actual eggs, larvae, chrysalis...
Come visit the Nature Center at Sherwood Island in Westport CT on July 31st 1:00 PM, to enjoy our exhibits and listen about Forest Predators and Prey in Connecticut provided by our 2024 summer intern Lauren Beneventano.
