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=Stratford Point= Stratford, Connecticut 06615 Stratford Point web site

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Stratford Point
Coordinates: 41.1533577, -73.1033278 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips on birding Stratford Point
The Lordship Coastal Grassland Habitat Management Area on Stratford Point and the associated shoreline are open to visitors when the site’s gate is open. Stratford Point is home to Connecticut Audubon Society’s Science and Conservation offices and staff will generally have the gate open on weekdays during regular office hours. The shoreline is accessible after hours using an access path located just north of the main access gate, along the chain link fence that borders the site. Parking is available there. Please do not enter the upland areas of the site if the gate is closed and no staff is present to protect the site’s fragile ecosystem and its wildlife. From Connecticut Audubon Society Stratford Point web site

About Stratford Point
Stratford Point is a peninsula in the Lordship section of Stratford located near the mouth of the Housatonic River. The site consists of approximately 28 acres of upland and an additional 12 acres of shallow intertidal zone. The upland area supports a nice coastal grassland and a small dune system with early successional coastal vegetation, while the mostly gravel and rock-covered shoreline contains some remnant stands of saltmarsh vegetation. Stratford Point is an important migratory stop-over site for a variety of birds, lepidoptera and odonates, and provides valuable wintering habitat for waterfowl.

Stratford Point is located between two subunits of the Stewart B. McKinney NWR (the Wheeler Marsh in Milford and Great Meadows Marsh in Stratford) and is surrounded by several additional natural areas (e.g. Long Beach/Pleasure Beach, Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford Point, Charles Island, Silver Sands State Park). In the aggregate, these areas include a wide range of critical habitat types for a substantial number of Greatest Conservation Need species (CT Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy) as well as species listed in the state’s Threatened and Endangered Species Act.

Historically, Stratford Point was home to the Remington Arms Gun Club which operated a trap and skeet range there from the early 1920s until the mid-1980s. Accumulated lead shot in the upland and intertidal portions of the site as a result of the gun club’s activities was removed during large-scale remediation in 2000-2001 by the owners of the site, DuPont/Sporting Goods Properties. Subsequent spot removal of residual lead shot and environmental monitoring is ongoing. Connecticut Audubon Society functions as a caretaker for the site, oversees habitat management practices and carries out biological monitoring studies and coastal habitat restoration studies for DuPont. From Stratford Point web site

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