DATE – SAT, November 15, 2025
TIME – 10:00 AM – 11:30 PM
WHERE – Winthrop Shores Reservation/Winthrop Beach
QUESTIONS? hello@bostonbirdingfestival.org
This event is free. Spaces limited.
Please register in advance. Spaces are limited. You’ll receive an email with additional info, including the meeting location, the day before this event
We also request a signed release, which you can complete online, print, sign, and bring, or complete onsite. Thanks!
GPS ADDRESS
62 Sturgis Street, Winthrop
Sturgis St. intersects with Winthrop Shore Drive at a cross walk near the path through the sand to the rocky part of the shore across from the Five Sisters—the Breakwaters offshore.
TAKE THE T!
Take the MBTA Blue Line subway outbound from downtown Boston to Orient Heights.
From Orient Heights, take either the MBTA Route 712 Bus to Shirley St. at Levy Bramsom Way or the MBTA Route 713 to Veterans Road at Washington Shore Ave.
Walk a short distance east to Winthrop Shore Drive
DIRECTIONS AND PARKING
There is free street parking along Winthrop Shore Drive. We recommend carpooling.
LINKS
Join us for a leisurely exploration around Winthrop Beach in Winthrop, where our target birds will include newly arriving Snow Bunting, Horned Larks and Lapland Longspur. Sea ducks and winter ducks should also be expected to make an appearenece offshore.
We’ll be birding primarily around the Five Sisters area of the beach.The Five Sisters are five stone breakwaters built in the 1920s to protect the Winthrop Beach shoreline from erosion and storm damage.
New birders and the merely bird curious are welcome on this walk. We will have binoculars to lend—email your request in advance.
See you out there!
TRAILS
Expect mostly hard-packed sand and rocky/gravely areas. Closed-toe shoes are recommended as there is often broken glass. Not a huge amount of walking.
FACILITIES
Restrooms located along the main beach area facing Winthrop Shore Drive, near central access points.