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Best Birding Spots in Fairfield County, Connecticut

Sherwood Island State Park leads Fairfield County's birding spots with 263 species reported, best in fall. 190 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
Sherwood Island State Park	263	6,315	140	219	142	220
Greenwich Point Park	222	2,871	126	182	121	177
Stratford Point	217	3,352	101	149	107	168
Stewart B. Mckinney National Wildlife Refuge	193	3,086	67	163	112	139
Cove Island	190	808	81	130	73	130
Trout Brook Valley	187	1,588	72	161	126	163
Great Meadows	184	3,190	98	128	68	146
Veterans Park	178	589	69	135	91	130
Cove Harbor	174	818	77	113	66	129
Short Beach	172	1,711	95	97	93	111
Sasco Creek	168	899	63	125	99	146
Stewart B. Mckinney National Wildlife Refuge (Lewis Gut)	167	1,029	52	147	85	105
Audubon Center of Greenwich	166	1,839	58	139	103	150
Burritt Cove	166	772	64	147	73	80
Aspetuck Reservoir	165	714	77	141	95	101
Burial Hill Beach	156	1,335	82	90	80	118
Seaside Park	152	1,151	92	104	45	104
Lake Mohegan Recreation Area	151	703	44	134	73	108
Allen's Meadow	150	1,095	48	101	58	135
Connecticut Audubon Society at Larsen Sanctuary	147	1,102	51	127	85	97
Perrys Millpond	146	921	60	121	74	102
Selleck Woods	145	1,301	50	131	67	92
Saugatuck Reservoir	141	321	49	79	90	102
Greenway	140	712	60	82	80	92
Wimisink Preserve	140	373	28	118	98	57
Wooster Park	133	773	47	118	69	74
Imperial Avenue	131	732	50	102	78	75
Mary Ann Bar	129	1,882	80	83	58	68
Bellarmine Pond	129	1,152	22	122	50	68
Cedar Point	128	1,206	59	99	78	74
Wooster Mountain State Park Scenic Reserve	128	373	21	121	83	72
Southport Beach	127	848	57	91	60	87
Liberty Point	123	750	85	88	45	67
Perrys Millpond (Orchard Hill)	123	255	52	108	70	71
Holy Ghost Fathers Pond	120	294	38	98	67	90
South Pond	119	353	36	106	81	48
New Pond Foundation	118	687	44	100	70	81
Fourteen Acre Pond	117	1,204	60	87	47	85
Nicholdale Farm	117	355	34	81	66	87
Tarrywile Park	116	326	48	96	65	75
Gerow Millpond	116	287	20	105	76	41
Greenwich Harbor	114	859	81	80	52	64
Rosa Hartman Park	114	349	7	110	36	51
Fairchild Wildflower Garden	113	260	28	98	50	53
Lake Mead	113	151	37	97	28	80
New Canaan Nature Center	112	696	37	92	62	78
Waveny Park	112	360	40	70	58	82
Wolfe Park	111	208	39	89	50	66
Sniffens Point	110	378	51	69	68	45
Green Farms	110	296	38	67	53	83