Birding
Trails and Birds
BaLambton Shores Nature Trails maintains trails in some of the environmentally most significant natural areas in Southwestern Ontario. Located in Carolinian Canada, it is home to many birds including the migrating tundra swans who pass through in the early spring on their trek to the far north.
Four properties, L-Lake Conservation Area, Ausable River Cut Conservation Area, Forest Dunes and Ipperwash Dunes & Swales have been designated as Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA) by IBA Canada. Considering the natural habitat the trails go through and the proximately to lots of water, their is an abundance of birds along the trails.
Take a hike, bring binoculars or a camera, there's lots to see along the trails and enjoy the scenery!
Lots to See
During the recent Birdathon 2019, participants attended to Ipperwash Dunes & Swales property over a two-day period.
Links to Specific Trails and Sightings
Want to know more about each trail and the birds that have been sighted? Click on the link below each property.
Ipperwash Dunes & Swales
https://ebird.org/canada/hotspot/L5914218
Lambton County Heritage Forest
https://ebird.org/canada/hotspot/L2281949
Connector Trail
https://ebird.org/canada/hotspot/L10277293
Ausable River Cut Conservation Area
https://ebird.org/canada/hotspot/L3070592
Ausable River Valley & Mystery Falls
https://ebird.org/canada/hotspot/L11725103
Forest Lagoons