Name: What’s Crawling Up the Beach?
Start: 2024-05-26T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-26T14:30:00-04:00
Location: Nature Center

June 2023
June 18, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Horseshoe Crab Talk & Walk

Nature Center

At the Nature Center.

Free
July 2023
July 12, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Purple Martin Bird Banding

Nature Center

At the Nature Center

Free
July 23, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Birds of Prey

At the Nature Center. In partnership with Earthplace.

Free
September 2023
September 8, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Shorefest 2023

Main Pavilion

SUPPORT THE FRIENDS, SUPPORT THE PARK! SHOREFEST 2023 SEPTEMBER 8 6-9 PM THE PAVILION AT SHERWOOD ISLAND STATE PARK ANNUAL FUNDRAISER WITH DINNER & SILENT AUCTION Ticket sales have ended,...
September 9, 2023 @ 8:00 am - October 31, 2023 @ 5:00 pm

SHOREFEST 2023 – Thank you to all our attendees, donors, and volunteers who made this a terrific event (donor list).

We would like to thank the following who donated items to our Silent Auction and made it such a success. Please visit these businesses and thank them for their support...
January 2024
January 1, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

First Day Hike: Shore and More!

Main Pavilion

Join us for a First Day Hike.
February 2024
February 11, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Nature’s Winter Lovers – Walk

Main Pavilion

Join our nature walk to find tracks, traces, dens and nests of February's species that mate in this month.
March 2024
March 10, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Nature Photography Walk

Nature photography walk using cellphone cameras.
April 2024
Featured April 13, 2024 @ 10:00 am - April 14, 2024 @ 2:00 pm

Early Bird Earth Days – dune restoration

East Beach

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...

Free
May 2024
May 26, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

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....