Have you visited Bridgeport, Connecticut’s Pleasure Beach? If you are a birder, butterfly lover, or all-around naturalist, we encourage you to stop by soon via the water taxi! Getting to Pleasure Beach is easy with free parking at the water taxi pier lot, 91 Seaview Avenue, Bridgeport. The water taxi will bring visitors to and from Pleasure Beach, and is also free. While there you can enjoy our WildLife Guards program, which trains, mentors, and employs ten local high schools students and two crew leaders to monitor nesting birds and engage visitors, families, and friends about Pleasure Beach and its wildlife. The WildLife Guards are at Pleasure Beach every Tuesday through Saturday, approximately 9:30 to 3:30, and offer the following walks and outreach events each week.
Wednesday
11:00am Coastal Ecology Walk
1:00pm Touch Tank
Friday
10:30am Bird Walk
12:00pm Pleasure Beach Trail Walk
1:30pm Plant Identification Walk
Saturday
10:30am Coastal Ecology Walk
11:30am Pleasure Beach Trail Walk
12:30pm Piping Plover Activity
1:30am Pleasure Beach Trail Walk
2:00pm Seine netting
Saturday’s activities
Heading to the beach for a Piping Plover survey
Speaking with early morning visitors
Many children visit Pleasure Beach
The Piping Plover and Least Tern
Be a Good Egg!
Photo anyone?
Visitors often have a lot to tell us, too!
There are many different ways to engage beachgoers
Getting ready for a “swim”
Seine netting in Long Island Sound
RTPI’s WildLife Guard Crew Leader Emily Allen talking to the kids
And having a laugh
Nonstop motion!
Returning the catch to where it came
A gentle reintroduction to the water
All of these children are learning about why our beach environment matters and needs protection
A little group chat
Genuine enjoyment!
More kids stopping by for some activities before leaving
This young man was a pro!
This is education, conservation and advocacy in action, all in one wonderful program, reaching thousands of visitors over the summer and making a difference for rare or endangered plants and wildlife on Pleasure Beach. We hope you take the opportunity to visit and enjoy it!
Scott Kruitbosch
Conservation & Outreach Coordinator
