Coastal Connections Beach Clean Up and Birding Walk

By Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Join CCNB and the Chaleur Bay Association to cleanup precious migration zones and get involved with citizen science bird watching!

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick welcomes you to Beresford Beach for a morning of beach cleanups and birding! Our goal is to help out our migratory bird populations precious feeding, nesting and resting spots around the province, starting in Beresford!

Along with the Chaleur Bay assossication, we will begin at Beresford Beach Parking lot for the cleanup. Followed by a birding walk on the boardwalk.

During this event you will learn how to use current standard birding applications such as Merlin and eBird by Cornell, as well as iNaturalist. Your guides Erinn, Islay and the Chaleur Bay Association will also be teaching shorebird identification and how your birding observations contribute to citizen science initiatives across Canada such as the Backyard Bird Count and continuous at-risk species monitoring.

Things to bring:

• Reusable Water bottle (try to bring a minimum of 2Litres)
• Snacks, try and reduce your waste when you choose your snack!
• Comfortable clothes for the weather: Hat, warm or cool clothing, rain jacket if raining. Gloves if you have them ( we will also provide)
• Comfortable shoes that you arent afraid to get wet or dirty.
• Any emergency medications you may require for allergies, asthma etc.
• Charged cellphone - Take photos!
• Binoculars if you have them, limited quantities provided.

Accessibility: This event is held on a beach, the terrain will be sand and coastal rocks. Please keep your needs in mind when attending this event.

Thank you to the New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund for funding this initiative.