There are also washrooms picnic areas throughout the trails and a new gas barbecue. This Park is a bird watchers heaven. Approximately 248 species of birds have been spotted. It is one of the largest nesting areas in Eastern Northern America for cormorants. In addition, there are Great Blue Herons, Black Ducks, Semipalmated Plovers, Peregrine Falcons and many more.
Many birds stop to eat on the mud flats while on their way south.
The harbor seals make their homes on the rocks near the shoreline. Since hunting is not allowed in the Park, the seals are safe. Deer, porcupine, red squirrel, and snowshoe hare all live in the thick, wooded places of the Irving Nature Park. Many wild flowers, grasses, and fungi are sheltered by the woods. Tiny pools of salty water are left in rocks during low tide.