DNSI Weekly Reports – 2023
4/28/2023 5/3/2023 5/10/2023 5/16/2023 5/23/2023 6/7/2023 Dead Neck Sampson’s Island Report As of 8/2/2022 Monitors: Clare SantaColoma, Sophia Valiulis and Cecilia Twining PIPL Activity There have been 19 pairs of Piping Plovers on the island. There are no active unfledged broods on the island. There are no active nests on the island. The last two […]
DNSI Weekly Reports – 2022
5/31/2022 Dead Neck Sampson’s Island Report As of 5/31/2022 Monitors: Clare SantaColoma, Sophia Valiulis and Cecilia Twining PIPL Activity There are 17 pairs of Piping Plovers on the island. There are 3 active nests and 1 brood on the west tip, 3 nests in the middle section, and 4 nests and 2 broods on the […]
DNSI
The map shows what areas of DNSI are open and closed. Also, please keep off the closed areas indicated by the symbolic fencing and run the entirety of beach in front of it. The closed areas include both the eastern and western tips of the island, as well as all the ocean-side and part of […]
The Ides of Summer
Boaters and island visitors traveled to the island to celebrate on the 4th of July. Despite the holiday weekend’s dreary and rainy weather, visitors were treated with the sight of the Cotuit Mosquito Yacht Club skiff race on the 4th where boaters sailed across Cotuit Bay to the island and back. Monday, the sun finally […]
What a June day
As the month of June ends, another week on Dead Neck Sampson’s Island has come and gone. The cool and cloudy weather on Friday and Monday resulted in quiet days that kept most people away. However, sun and warm temperatures on Saturday and Sunday broke the cloudy spell and lured visitors out to the island […]
The Adventure Continues…
Another weekend on Dead Neck Sampson’s Island leads to more adventures and stories to be told. More people are coming to the island’s beaches to escape the heat. BCWC has an information tent set up on the Sampson’s end of the island where you can pick up a scavenger hunt if you are interested in […]
An Island Adventure
Hello and welcome to the Island Adventures of Barnstable Clean Water Coalition. The island of interest is Dead Neck Sampson’s, located just south of Osterville and Cotuit on Nantucket Sound. What better way to start off our 2021 summer season than in traditional New England fashion – a dreary Memorial Day weekend followed by a […]
Island Time with Ranger Rick
After wading to shore from the boat I sit down on the beach to remove my gum boots…much easier (and more comfortable!) to patrol in sneakers. Squinting hard because of the sun ricocheting off the calm water like so many tiny lasers. Going to be a bright one so I’d better break out the sunblock […]
All About the Birds
All About the Birds BCWC and the Massachusetts Audubon Society co-own and co-manage Dead Neck Sampson’s Island (DNSI). Did you know that DNSI is a private wildlife sanctuary where protected species of shorebirds, spend the spring and summer nesting and feeding? Read on to learn more about four feathered DNSI visitors. Piping Plover: Charadrius […]
Dead Neck Sampson’s Island Dredging
Dead Neck Sampson’s Island (DNSI) is a barrier island south of Grand Island in Osterville that is co-owned and managed by BCWC and Mass Audubon. Years of erosion and longshore drift has resulted in sand from the eastern tip (Dead Neck) moving and collecting down at the western end (Sampson’s) of DNSI. Consequently, the Cotuit […]