Wildlife & Outdoors

Great Blue(?) Heron fishing in our cove; Bald Eagle just outside the cove (year round)

Ruby Throated Hummingbird Male at one of our feeders; Sailing the Chesapeake Bay

Bottlenose Dolphins and Loggerhead Sea Turtles

We saw dolphins while sailing the Chesapeake Bay in June & October 2020.

There is a lot of wildlife in the area, beaver, otter, turtles, fox, deer and more. While boating in Hull Creek, you may see some of the many water birds, such as great blue heron, green heron, osprey and bald eagles. Ingram Bay and the Chesapeake Bay have bottlenose dolphins, brown pelicans, cormorants, and Loggerhead sea turtles turtles. (Some wildlife is seasonal, eagles are year round.)

Info from the Chesapeake Bay Program website: "The loggerhead turtle is the largest hard-shelled sea turtle, with a heart-shaped, reddish brown shell. It can be found in the Chesapeake Bay from May to November. "

"Bailey believes that there are probably over 1,000 dolphins swimming in and out of the Bay to socialize, feed and give birth. Sightings of dolphins occur throughout most of the Bay between April and October with the peak season occurring in early July. High-density locations include the Potomac River, the Chester River and areas near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. " Info on Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus

Birding, Shark's Teeth Fossils & Other info:

Megalodon Shark Teeth & other marine fossils at Westmoreland State Park, about an hour northwest along the coast!

Giant Shark Teeth! Smithsonian

Westmoreland State Park (804) 493-8821 park info general info & directions

Birdwatching at Westmoreland State Park eBird, bird sightings by month and year. Birding

VA Parks Birding & more links

Birding in Northumberland County eBird bird sightings by month and year.

Fishing

Fishing License More Info

Nonresident 10-Day Saltwater Fishing License (10 consecutive days) $10 Buy

Purchase a saltwater license for our cove, Hull Creek, Potomac River & Chesapeake Bay.

Hull Creek and the Potomac River are tidal, brackish waters.

Marinas, Boat Launches, Charters for Fishing, Cruising and Sailing

Ingram Bay Marina & Captain Billy's Cruises, Fishing (power) Heathsville, VA

"Closest marina to the Chesapeake Bay " multiple power boats for different fishing types.

(We sail out of this marina, and you're right there on the Bay!)

captbillyscharters.com Ingram Bay Marina 545 Harvey's Neck Road, Heathsville, VA 22473 (804) 580-7292

Sail Away! Charters with Captain Russ (sailboat) Kilmarnock, VA 22482

Sail the boat, help sail, or just enjoy a sailing cruise with very reasonable rates! Captain Russ is knowledgeable, and a pleasure to sail with. We saw a many seabirds and a pod of dolphins while sailing with him in June 2020! Sail Away! Charters (434) 218-0273