DATE – Saturday, July 12, 2025
TIME – 8:00 AM – Noon
WHERE – Northern Strand Trail (Lynn, Revere, Malden)
QUESTIONS? hello@bostonbirdingfestival.org
This event is free. Please register in advance to assist us in planning. Thanks!
GPS ADDRESS
For the Bird Walks & the Fair
We’ll meet at the northern end of the trail at Linden Square – Lynn St @ Beach St.
For the Big Sit Only:
GPS 19 Jordan St. Revere, MA. See photo below. From the lot, transition from the paved street over about 20 feet of crushed stone onto the paved Northern Strand Trail. The total journey from the end of Blodgett st to the Big Sit area in Rumney Marsh is less than 200 feet.
DIRECTIONS AND PARKING
Please park in the Linden Square Parking lot. The lot has handicapped spaces and isn’t very busy on weekend mornings, so plenty of spaces will be available. The location is also MBTA accessible via the Lynn St @ Beach St bus stop.
LINKS
The Boston Birding Festival is excited to be part of The Great Malden Outdoors Birding Event, where nature meets community in celebration of Disability Pride!
This free event features several guided birding options all along a flat and paved portion of the Northern Strand Bike Trail leading to the Rumney Marsh for a 1-mile round trip. You can select from Nature Man Mike’s tour from 8 am to 10 am, join blind birding guide and Malden resident, Jerry Berrier, for a birding by ear tour from 9 am to 11 am, or pop in for a Big Sit with volunteers from the Boston Birding Festival anytime in the morning.
New birders (and even the merely bird curious) are welcome to join any of these events. We will also have some binoculars to lend.
TRAILS
This section of the Northern Strand Trail is flat, paved, and smooth. The trail is 8 to 10 feet wide and used for pedestrian traffic only. There are two street crossings at which volunteers will be assisting with street crossings. Public seating will be available with benches at Linden Square and at Rumney Marsh. Both tours will be about 1 mile total.
BIG SIT
Bring a chair and a water bottle, and come sit with us and look for birds. Share your best bird story, and let’s discuss the saltmarsh birds we see. We’ll also have a tent for shade and some light refreshments.
FACILITIES
ADA accessible restrooms and hand-washing stations will be available at the Linden Square parking lot and the resources fair.
CHALLENGES
We recommend bug spray, sunscreen, and a hat.
By partaking in any of the Malden Great Outdoors activities, users agree to release the City of Malden, its employees, agents, or affiliates from any liability for injuries, damages, or losses that may occur as a result of using our services, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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The Great Malden Outdoors is a public & private partnership aimed at getting all Malden residents outside.
The Great Malden Outdoors creates awareness of the outdoor recreation within the city, provides outdoor rec programs for residents, discovers, and reduces barriers to entry, and provides sustainable resources to keep Maldonians recreating outside for years to come.
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