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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.
 

 

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An eastern kingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an eastern kingbird, a gray catbird, a monarch butterfly, and a northern mockingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A mason wasp at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a mason wasp at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A pearl crescent butterfly, photographed at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land by Steve Forman..
Steve Forman photographed a pearl crescent butterfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A ruby-throated hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a ruby-throated hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A barred owl along Hop Brook in Sudbury, photographed by Filip De Vos.
Filip De Vos photographed a barred owl along Hop Brook in Sudbury.
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A white-tailed deer along Hop Brook in Sudbury, photographed by Filip De Vos.
Filip De Vos photographed this white-tailed deer along Hop Brook in Sudbury.
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A beaver along Hop Brook in Sudbury, photographed by Filip De Vos.
Filip De Vos photographed this beaver along Hop Brook in Sudbury.
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A great blue heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron, a killdeer, and a solitary sandpiper at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A painted lady butterfly in Maynard, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed this painted lady butterfly in Maynard.
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A thistle in Southborough, photographed by Carl Guyer.
Carl Guyer photographed a thistle in Southborough.
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A bobcat in Framingham, photographed by Anne Bell.
Ann Bell photographed this bobcat in Framingham.
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A pearl crescent butterfly, photographed at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge by William Watt.
William Watt photographed a pearl crescent butterfly at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.
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A cabbage white butterfly in Maynard, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed a cabbage white butterfly and an eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly in Maynard.
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A painted skimmer at Chestnut Hill Farm in Southborough, photographed by Eric Crockwell.
Eric Crockwell photographed a painted skimmer dragonfly at Chestnut Hill Farm in Southborough.
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The pattern of branches in an old rotting stump in Northborough, photographed by Steve Bernacki.
Steve Bernacki photographed the pattern of branches in an old rotting stump in Northborough.

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