Nature Sightings

Image
Nature Sightings Banner

Our Nature Sightings images depict the many species of wildlife that make their homes in the SVT region.

SVT protects and cares for some of this region’s most important forests, wetlands, and grasslands—natural areas that provide homes to the wildlife we see on walks, in our back yards, and in fleeting glimpses on roadsides.

SVT is grateful to the many members and friends who share their photographs and videos with our Nature Sightings page for everyone to enjoy. 

We also post selected images to our Facebook and Instagram pages, and we send a monthly Nature Sightings e-newsletter to interested subscribers.

Each year, we collect some of our favorite images into an online photo album:

Best of 2025    Best of 2024     Best of 2023     Best of 2022     Best of 2021     Best of 2020
 

Interested in submitting a photo or video?

Please send it as an email attachment to Dan Stimson, [email protected].  (Please read our Nature Sightings Disclaimer before sending any images.
 

 

Search Nature Sightings

Species

Properties

Town

Image
Chicken of the woods in Stow, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed chicken of the woods mushrooms in Stow.
Image
A double-crested cormorant along the Boroughs Loop Trail in Southborough, photographed by Victoria Holland.
Victoria Holland photographed a double-crested cormorant, a great egret, a green heron, and mute swans at the Southborough Open Land Trust's Beals Preserve and along the Boroughs Loop Trail in...
Andy Bentley used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of a white-tailed deer buck in Westford.
Image
An eastern carpenter bee in Northborough, photographed by Marnie Frankian.
Marnie Frankian photographed this eastern carpenter bee on bee balm in Northborough.
Image
A Blanding's turtle in Concord, photographed by Chuck Hill.
Chuck Hill photographed a Blanding's turtle and a great blue heron in Concord.
Image
A coyote with a raccoon in Natick, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Chuck Hill.
Chuck Hill used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph this coyote with a raccoon in Natick.
Image
A praying mantis in Framingham, photographed by Kathy Spellman.
Kathy Spellman photographed this praying mantis in Framingham.
Image
A killdeer at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a killdeer at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
Image
An American goldfinch at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American goldfinch at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
Image
An American goldfinch at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these American goldfinches at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
Image
A broad-winged hawk at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a broad-winged hawk, a Canada goose, a mallard, and a ring-billed gull at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
Image
A katydid in Northborough, photographed by Marnie Frankian.
Marnie Frankian photographed a katydid in Northborough.
Image
House sparrows at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed house sparrows and a red-bellied woodpecker at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
Image
An American goldfinch at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American goldfinch, a cedar waxwing, an eastern bluebird, and an eastern phoebe at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
Image
A gray catbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this gray catbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.

Nature Sighting Species

Displayed View