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Best Birding Spots in Alameda County, California

Coyote Hills Regional Park leads Alameda County's birding spots with 234 species reported, best in fall. 239 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
Coyote Hills Regional Park	234	4,990	181	190	155	205
Hayward Regional Shoreline	230	1,879	163	190	154	192
MLK Regional Shoreline	193	4,330	166	153	116	163
Hayward Regional Shoreline (Russell City)	191	1,162	138	137	109	154
New Marsh	189	1,483	146	149	112	157
McLaughlin Eastshore State Park (Point Isabel)	188	1,286	132	139	102	151
Coyote Hills Regional Park (Red Hill)	188	798	125	134	101	145
McLaughlin Eastshore State Park (Berkeley Point)	186	1,372	133	138	85	147
Crown Memorial Regional Shoreline (West End)	185	1,717	144	151	92	141
Cesar Chavez Park	183	2,138	136	122	85	152
Faro Point	182	1,007	146	143	104	140
Lake del Valle State Recreation Area	176	783	118	142	104	130
Middle Harbor Shoreline Park	171	2,089	115	126	95	142
McLaughlin Eastshore State Park	166	1,587	125	123	104	125
Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area	165	1,373	135	140	85	123
Fremont Central Park	165	1,042	113	123	99	130
Emeryville Marina Park	164	1,300	113	98	71	130
Crown Memorial Regional Shoreline	161	3,508	121	116	105	126
Aquatic Park	160	1,359	131	109	64	116
Coyote Hills Regional Park (south)	160	462	122	95	73	110
Crown Memorial Regional Shoreline (northwest)	159	1,118	123	110	76	115
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Albrae)	157	874	122	126	75	115
Gomes Park	156	713	98	112	86	127
Lake Merritt	152	2,591	116	121	82	114
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (northwest)	152	774	117	106	77	106
Albany State Marine Reserve	150	1,822	116	97	85	117
Martin Luther King Junior Regional Shoreline	150	425	113	96	60	122
San Lorenzo Creek	148	623	106	102	103	125
Horseshoe Park	146	613	110	99	66	105
Cogswell Marsh	145	675	115	67	50	126
Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area	144	671	110	112	68	111
Alameda Creek Regional Trail	144	280	122	104	64	72
Jordan Pond	142	943	84	130	82	68
Anthony Chabot Regional Park	142	684	100	114	85	101
Coyote Creek Trail	142	353	98	78	85	109
Oakport Field	141	548	110	99	68	115
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Red Hill)	141	324	112	66	67	109
Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline	138	276	103	90	65	104
Temescal Regional Recreation Area	137	2,290	98	114	79	97
Hayward Shoreline	137	454	84	79	91	96
McLaughlin Eastshore State Park (Emeryville)	136	1,079	103	98	68	116
Ardenwood Historic Farm	135	1,322	82	111	91	117
Niles Community Park	135	309	97	89	62	100
Sycamore Grove Park	134	701	89	114	73	84
Don Castro Regional Recreation Area	133	1,087	87	105	74	81
Niles Canyon	132	507	100	94	77	84
Lake del Valle State Recreation Area (Heron Bay)	132	360	73	109	55	66
Sunol Regional Wilderness	129	371	87	118	52	55
Coyote Hills Regional Park (Red Hill Top)	128	193	97	72	51	78
Crown Memorial Regional Shoreline (Bolsa de Encinal)	126	268	101	89	40	86