Grafton Land Trust

Grafton Land Trust The Grafton Land Trust is a private, non-profit, member-supported organization that owns, preserves, maintains, and advocates for open space in Grafton, Mass.

Read about our mission:
http://graftonland.org/about.mission.php

06/08/2026

Take a peek inside one of our nest boxes and meet the little American kestrels inside ... (Video by Troy Gipps, GLT, Kestrel Project Leader, volunteer)

KESTREL PROJECT UPDATE: We are pleased to announce that 13 of the 18 kestrel eggs we have this season in 4 nest boxes ha...
06/07/2026

KESTREL PROJECT UPDATE: We are pleased to announce that 13 of the 18 kestrel eggs we have this season in 4 nest boxes have hatched so far! We are hoping that the final egg in one box will hatch soon. The latest nest of the season, with 4 eggs, should hatch in about a week, so stay tuned! — Troy Gipps, GLT, Kestrel Project Leader

Test your wildflower skills...These can all be found blooming right now! Which ones do you think are native to New Engla...
05/27/2026

Test your wildflower skills...These can all be found blooming right now! Which ones do you think are native to New England?

MORE GREAT NEWS!! We have a FOURTH pair of nesting American kestrels this season, which I found in a box I have been mai...
05/18/2026

MORE GREAT NEWS!! We have a FOURTH pair of nesting American kestrels this season, which I found in a box I have been maintaining for 11 previous seasons, with no luck, until Saturday's nest box check. She flew out of the box as I opened the door and I found these 2 eggs inside. Kestrels typically lay between 4-5 eggs, so she is a still actively laying, one egg every 1–2 days. That makes 16 incubating little falcons in Grafton this year, and that number will likely grow to 18–19 very soon! - Troy Gipps, Kestrel Project Leader

Belated photos from our Warbler Walk earlier this month with local bird expert Katie Zhang. I believe the total bird spe...
05/18/2026

Belated photos from our Warbler Walk earlier this month with local bird expert Katie Zhang. I believe the total bird species count was 29, including a very rare sighting of a Tennessee Warbler!
We also used the scope to spy on baby geese around Fletcher Island. Katie is a walking bird call encyclopedia; we are grateful to have such local talent offer their skills to learn more about nature right in our backyard. 🐦

GREAT NEWS!! In the spirit of Mother’s Day, let’s raise our glasses to the GLT’s newest American kestrel falcon mothers!...
05/10/2026

GREAT NEWS!! In the spirit of Mother’s Day, let’s raise our glasses to the GLT’s newest American kestrel falcon mothers! We found 3 NESTS yesterday in our boxes, with a total of 14 EGGS, and there are still a few more boxes to check over the next week!

Congratulations to Lily Schonhoff this year's recipient of the Grafton Land Trust Scholarship! This scholarship is award...
05/06/2026

Congratulations to Lily Schonhoff this year's recipient of the Grafton Land Trust Scholarship! This scholarship is awarded to a Grafton High School graduating senior furthering their education in environmental studies, natural resource management, conservation, or a related field. Lily will be studying at the University of Vermont in the Fall. Best of luck to Lily!

We had a great kayak paddle this morning at Fisherville Pond. A huge thank you to Jim and Jen Thomas for organizing and ...
05/03/2026

We had a great kayak paddle this morning at Fisherville Pond. A huge thank you to Jim and Jen Thomas for organizing and leading this event for us! We look forward to more paddles.

We hope you can join us this Friday, May 1st for our monthly Night Time Hike!!
04/29/2026

We hope you can join us this Friday, May 1st for our monthly Night Time Hike!!

Address

37 Wheeler Road
Grafton, MA
01519

Telephone

+15088397402

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