Birding spots · Alabama

Best Birding Spots in Baldwin County, Alabama

Village Point leads Baldwin County's birding spots with 251 species reported, best in fall. 72 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Village Point	251	3,600	145	191	132	222
Meaher State Park	198	1,299	130	135	92	140
Gator Lake	178	608	92	137	54	99
5 Rivers Delta Resource Center	170	1,050	96	135	73	123
Shelby Lakes	167	1,533	104	114	57	103
Gator Lake (Cedar Grove)	136	337	69	81	38	75
Village Point (Yancey Branch)	126	112	64	93	42	84
Mobile Point	124	282	45	82	48	71
Childress Point	121	401	66	94	41	52
D'Olive Bay	119	446	80	79	44	60
Gulf State Park (northeast)	114	271	63	82	29	51
Gator Lake (Eugene Point)	108	133	53	77	18	61
Bayfront Parklamds	103	393	76	77	34	68
Upper Delta Wildlife Management Area	102	83	0	33	57	83
Splinter Hill Bog Preserve	97	426	45	80	46	50
Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Turkey Branch)	96	236	63	69	31	64
Splinter Hill Bog Complex	90	143	37	65	28	52
Grass Island	89	247	51	58	33	47
Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	88	240	55	53	42	59
Fish River Point	88	191	60	47	28	48
Bayfront Parklamds (Stack Gully)	85	126	54	63	25	55
Live Oak Landing	85	101	50	48	0	57
Foley Sports Complex	81	377	65	45	24	45
Florida Point	79	316	36	63	30	32
Little Lake	78	110	34	52	17	37
Gulf State Park (Grass Island)	77	154	38	41	8	28
Baptizing Branch	76	85	25	39	17	43
Gulf State Park (Alligator Island)	74	241	41	38	34	20
Gator Lake (south)	71	119	24	46	18	30
Alligator Island	71	88	35	45	9	30
Florida Point (Perdido Pass)	68	183	31	54	21	24
Gulf State Park	64	286	34	35	24	30
Great Point Clear	64	116	38	42	26	17
Terry Cove	64	115	43	38	16	19
Shelby Lakes (Grass Island)	63	78	50	18	1	30
Gulf State Park (South Island)	59	125	25	43	22	33
Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Fish River)	57	90	24	30	19	24
Lake Forest	54	78	30	40	11	9
Perdido River Wildlife Management Area	54	51	0	46	26	10
Orange Beach Waterfront Park	53	67	46	25	4	12
Mullet Point Park	50	50	30	16	15	19
Gulf State Park (Florida Point)	41	127	17	26	12	25
Alabama Point	40	129	23	27	16	20
Birding spot near Dauphin Island	271	2,545	116	234	116	215
Birding spot near Dauphin Island (South Bank)	191	1,099	69	179	56	139
Birding spot near Dauphin Island (Fort Morgan)	164	582	67	136	36	90
Birding spot near Dauphin Island (southeast)	137	353	60	104	51	80
Birding spot near Foley	136	1,707	83	101	66	104
Birding spot near Orange Beach	129	279	68	94	35	62
Birding spot near Spanish Fort	119	256	55	94	61	79