Birding spots · California

Best Birding Spots in Contra Costa County, California

Miller Knox Regional Shoreline leads Contra Costa County's birding spots with 203 species reported, best in fall. 197 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
Miller Knox Regional Shoreline	203	2,001	148	156	105	165
Richmond Inner Harbor	199	4,439	164	151	124	166
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline	189	1,505	128	151	128	164
Clifton Court Forebay	185	650	130	142	114	136
Bethel Island	180	535	132	154	94	97
Point San Pablo	177	455	105	121	111	147
Valle Vista	176	3,792	131	149	122	143
Martinez Regional Shoreline	162	1,344	126	118	82	116
Waterbird Regional Preserve	161	1,740	126	126	97	113
Point Isabel	161	1,216	125	104	83	132
Lafayette Reservoir	157	1,057	124	115	79	116
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline (Rheem)	157	906	124	112	82	120
Little Franks Tract	156	122	106	114	84	80
Gardens at Heather Farm	154	3,612	112	108	87	115
Holland Tract	153	361	122	115	86	83
Contra Loma Regional Park	144	316	110	110	53	86
Jewel Lake	137	2,292	83	102	94	105
Inner Harbor Basin	135	1,010	117	86	53	75
Big Break Regional Shoreline	134	382	106	100	62	87
Dowest Slough	134	303	84	106	81	84
Ebmud (Bear Creek)	133	370	86	100	78	98
Briones Regional Park	131	670	77	110	86	66
Uncle Sam Canyon	130	1,204	49	125	69	68
Mallard Reservoir	130	183	108	66	48	102
Tilden Regional Park	128	1,888	61	103	82	103
Ellis Lake Park	127	852	70	90	75	86
Ebmud (southeast)	127	321	84	104	78	79
Lake Anza (Inspiration Point)	126	751	74	100	76	85
Lone Tree Point	126	341	99	93	57	84
San Pablo Reservoir Recreation Area	126	248	89	107	76	69
Diablo Foothills Regional Park	124	748	67	112	74	76
Miller Knox Regional Shoreline (Point Richmond)	124	319	83	71	41	76
Bay Point Regional Shoreline	123	271	81	87	46	60
Sindicich Lagoons	123	252	73	104	75	58
Jewel Lake (east)	122	1,137	71	98	79	90
Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve	122	354	76	110	55	59
Vincent Park	121	653	98	70	50	76
Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve	120	947	66	100	83	76
Lake Anza (northwest)	118	690	83	89	64	79
Point Molate Beach Park	118	283	68	75	58	86
Wildcat Canyon Regional Park	116	628	64	98	71	84
Point Edith Wetlands	116	399	85	88	64	66
Wildcat Canyon Regional Park (southeast)	115	490	71	104	80	84
Hilltop Lake Park	114	332	78	76	70	83
San Pablo Bay Regional Shoreline	113	241	90	72	46	69
Little John Cove	113	199	84	68	57	81
San Pablo Reservoir Recreation Area (Scow Canyon)	111	109	71	84	70	62
Creekside Park (Dry Creek)	110	206	88	72	34	62
Booker T. Anderson Jr. Park	109	732	61	58	43	96
Ebmud	109	523	59	95	79	81