Stroud Preserve

Natural Lands Stroud Preserve is 571 acres of culturally and ecologically important land in Chester County. Closed Wednesdays. Learn more at www.natlands.org.
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Stroud Preserve is open to the public daily from sunrise to sunset. Stroud Preserve is a mosaic of once-pastured grasslands, working farmlands, and woodlands that serves as a unique site for recreation, education, and scientific research. Here, you can see the needs of people and nature in balance as careful stewardship of both cultivated and “wild” areas restores vital wildlife habitat while also

protecting watersheds that provide drinking water for tens-of-thousands of people. Stroud Preserve is owned and managed by non-profit conservation organization Natural Lands.

05/27/2026

The Bobolink is one of the world’s most impressive songbird migrants, traveling some 12,500 miles (20,000 kilometers) to and from southern South America every year. Throughout its lifetime, it may travel the equivalent of 4 or 5 times around the circumference of the earth.

📸: Jim Moffett

05/21/2026

Eagle Scouts recently came out and put down boardwalks in a notoriously muddy stretch of trail. The project was completed by Clif Beam for his Eagle Scout Service Project, alongside fellow scouts, friends, and family members of Scouting America West Chester Troop 93 🫡

Many thanks to all who came out and helped the preserve! We know this boardwalk will be put to good use...and perhaps sooner rather than later with this much-needed rain.

Before and after pics below!

05/13/2026

So green it's almost blinding. Spring will shift to summer soon!

📸: Michael Stancato

05/06/2026

The Polyphemus moth is a great reminder to "leave the leaves." This species overwinters in pupal form on leaves, surviving freezing temps in a state of diapause until spring.

📸: Jarrod Shull

05/04/2026

Who else thinks Barn Owls look a little like the Porgs from "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"? May the Fourth be with you.

📸: Steve Eisenhauer

04/30/2026

Chickadee calls are complex and language-like, communicating information on identity and recognition of other flocks as well as predator alarms and contact calls. The more dee notes in a chickadee-dee-dee call, the higher the threat level.

📸: Dan Porter

04/24/2026

The name "milk snake" comes from an old myth that these snakes would sneak into barns to drink cow's milk. In reality, they are more interested in hunting rodents, which is why they are often found in agricultural areas.

📸: Jill Sabre

04/17/2026

Tree Swallows winter farther north than any other American swallows and return to their nesting grounds long before other swallows come back. They can eat plant foods as well as their normal insect prey, which helps them survive the cold snaps and wintry weather of early spring.

📸: Jennifer Mathes

04/10/2026

“You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.” ~ Charlie Chaplin

📸: Jarrod Shull

04/03/2026

What spring ephemerals have you spotted so far this season?

📸: Christine Yurick

Address

454 N Creek Road
West Chester, PA
19382

Telephone

+16103535587

Website

https://natlands.org/stroud-preserve/

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