On Saturday, October 21, the Northern Neck Audubon Society (NNAS) will conduct a bird walk at 9:00 a.m. at Hughlett Point Natural Area Preserve led by Melissa Gross.
 
This preserve, located in Northumberland County on the Northern Neck, lies on a peninsula jutting into the Chesapeake Bay and includes coastal forest, tidal and non-tidal wetlands, dunes, shrub, salt marsh, and sandy beach habitats. Hughlett Point is part of the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail system. Possible sightings include Bald Eagles, Osprey, Merlins, Northern Harriers, Pine and Yellow-rumped Warblers, Royal and Forster Terns, Dunlins, Brown Pelicans, Great Egrets, Spotted and Semipalmated Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plovers, Brown Creepers, Eastern Phoebes, Catbirds, Swamp and White-throated Sparrows, Belted Kingfishers, Flickers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets and early arriving swans, ducks and geese that frequent Hughlett Point in the Fall and Winter.

Over 184 species of birds have been reported at the preserve. Data collected and submitted through the e-Bird system helps VA DGIF, other state agencies, and conservation groups map the distribution and status of Virginia’s bird community in order to better inform our natural resource and conservation decisions.
 
Directions: From Kilmarnock, take Rt. 200 North.  Go approximately 5 miles and turn right (east) on Shiloh School Road (Rt. 606).  At the end of the road, turn right onto Balls Neck Road (Rt. 605).  Go about a mile and a half and Hughlett Point will be on your left.  From Burgess, take Rt. 200 south.  Go approximately 8 miles and turn left (east) on Shiloh School Road (Rt. 606).  At the end of the road, turn right onto Balls Neck Road (Rt. 605).  Go about a mile and a half and Hughlett Point will be on your left.
 
There will be several pairs of loaner binoculars available.