Topsfield

Explore the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary after hours and join us for a night of camping under the stars. Have an early dinner at home, and then come with your family, your tent, and a dessert to share.

Explore the Ipswich River at dusk. Bring your family and join us for an evening paddle in a canoe as we learn more about the river and some of its inhabitants. Celebrate the coming of summer with the solstice just around the corner. As we paddle along, we'll look for plants and animals that are equally excited about the approaching season.

Come to the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary to join in the reading of a children's nature story followed by an exploration in the woods, fields and wetlands of the sanctuary.

Bats are wonderful animals to have around your home because they eat thousands of mosquitoes and other insects nightly and are fascinating to watch. We'll begin our evening with a brief slide show, and then participants will receive all the materials they need to build a bat box. As the sun begins to set, we'll take a walk to discuss placement and monitoring of bat boxes and use a bat detector to search for bats hunting in the early evening sky.

Enjoy ongoing activities throughout the day at our 14th Annual Audubon Nature Festival. The entrance fee for the festival is $12 per car (members and nonmembers). Save a tree and get $2 off at the gate if you mention that you saw this online - no need to print out a coupon!

The annual Memorial Day Parade starts on Grove Street and continues along Main Street to the Veterans Memorial Green for a service.  The parade reforms, and will continue to Pine Grove Cemetery for another service. All residents and especially military families are invited and encouraged to attend. The parade will be followed by refreshments at Proctor School.

Looking for a way to spend time with your family out-of-doors? Why not try birding? Birding can be an excellent way to reconnect with family and nature.  Winged Wetland Wonders will focus on wetland and the bird that use this specialized habitat.

Looking for a way to spend time with your family out-of-doors? Why not try birding? Birding can be an excellent way to reconnect with family and nature.  Birding Basics will introduce you to birding, and the tools used for successful bird identification.

Celebrate the arrival of spring on May Day at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary! We'll explore wetlands, fields, and woods and look for signs of the changing seasons. After the walk, the group will return to the Nature Center to make May baskets.

Join sanctuary field teachers as we explore the wonders of spring as it unfolds throughout the sanctuary. Each session includes a story, a themed activity, and plenty of time spent outdoors learning about nature. Each participant will receive a journal. We also offer a Tuesday morning series.