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Middle Run Natural Area

Discover this beautiful county-owned park that Delaware Nature Society manages to benefit biodiversity. Our Middle Run Reforestation Project is a volunteer-driven effort that improves the quality of the watershed through the planting of more than 50,000 trees and shrubs since 1991.

Middle Run Trail
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The Middle Run Birding Trail is a carefully-managed showcase for the reforestation project and is the premier location in Delaware for viewing migrant songbirds – particularly in Fall migration.

Middle Run
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At this Middle Run Pond Complex view wetland wildlife like herons, egrets, ducks, and geese. An active Beaver dam creates a unique flooded thicket hosting diverse aquatic plants and animals.

Visit Middle Run Natural Area

How to visit

Open to the public, dawn to dusk

Features

10 miles of biking and hiking trails
860 acres of rolling hills and streams
Adjoins White Clay Creek State Park

Wildlife and Plant Diversity

During our 2017 BioBlitz we found

88 species of birds including 20 warbler species
100 insects were ID'd to the family level
- its a bird smorgasbord!
50 different species of plants - many were native which benefits native birds and wildlife

Location

39°42'53.15"N 75°43'50.89"W
Possum Hollow Road, Newark, DE 19711
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Results
Free! Bird Walks At Middle Run Tuedays, Apri 3 - May 29, 8 - 10 am Join us Tuedays on a walk around the Middle Run property for a look at the birds through the season. Search for birds in old growth forest, meadows, and thickets during spring migration. Led by the Middle Run Birding Team Members: Free, Others: Entry Trail Fee Meets at Ashland Nature Center No pre-registration required, just show up! Read more » Register now 04/03/2018 - 05/29/2018 at: age: Adult Birding, Free, Visitation V18603MR
9-12: Bird Experience At Middle Run Explore the world of birds at Middle Run Natural Area. Help Tri-State Bird Rescue volunteers take care of baby birds, photograph baby birds in bird boxes, and monitor nesting birds along the Middle Run Birding Trail. Meet unique birds like tree swallows, indigo buntings, and Eastern bluebirds. Create nest boxes, feeders, and treats for the birds. Directions to Middle Run will be provided. Led by Dawn Coughlan Monday - Friday, June 18 - 22, 8:45 am - 3:15 pm Members:$335, Others $395 Camp Location: Middle Run Natural Area, Newark. Directions will be sent. (302) 239-2334 Extended care not available for this camp Read more » Register now 06/18/2018 - 06/22/2018 8:45AM - 3:15PM at: Ashland age: 9-12 Birding C18053AS

Results

Free! Bird Walks At Middle Run

Tuedays, Apri 3 - May 29, 8 - 10 am

Join us Tuedays on a walk around the Middle Run property for a look at the birds through the season. Search for birds in old growth forest, meadows, and thickets during spring migration. Led by the Middle Run Birding Team

Members: Free, Others: Entry Trail Fee
Meets at Ashland Nature Center

No pre-registration required, just show up!

Register now

04/03/2018 - 05/29/2018

at:

age: Adult

Birding, Free, Visitation

V18603MR

9-12: Bird Experience At Middle Run

Explore the world of birds at Middle Run Natural Area. Help Tri-State Bird Rescue volunteers take care of baby birds, photograph baby birds in bird boxes, and monitor nesting birds along the Middle Run Birding Trail. Meet unique birds like tree swallows, indigo buntings, and Eastern bluebirds. Create nest boxes, feeders, and treats for the birds. Directions to Middle Run will be provided. Led by Dawn Coughlan

Monday - Friday, June 18 - 22, 8:45 am - 3:15 pm
Members:$335, Others $395
Camp Location: Middle Run Natural Area, Newark. Directions will be sent. (302) 239-2334

Extended care not available for this camp