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Best Birding Spots in Middlesex County, Connecticut

Portland Fairgrounds leads Middlesex County's birding spots with 145 species reported, best in spring. 71 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
Portland Fairgrounds	145	1,154	53	121	74	88
Johnson Millpond	144	1,288	56	123	94	99
Wangunk Meadows Wildlife Area	143	333	32	111	56	106
Meshomasic State Forest	139	987	7	129	82	82
Fredrick White Farm	136	1,286	62	112	78	87
Lower Swamp	131	451	62	101	57	97
Saybrook Point	116	559	73	70	59	61
Stewart B. Mckinney National Wildlife Refuge (Murdock Hill)	116	234	31	94	74	52
Parker Pond	115	2,837	48	96	75	87
Schreeder Pond	113	532	28	102	67	72
South Cove	112	392	67	63	38	61
Meshomasic State Forest (Old Forest Management Area)	111	269	10	104	62	52
Clinton Town Beach	109	294	36	79	57	63
Sunset Pond	109	192	14	85	76	75
Stewart B. Mckinney National Wildlife Refuge (Dee Pond)	107	137	25	81	65	49
Portland Reservoir	100	201	9	94	54	29
Cranberry Bog	98	364	31	90	65	42
Dooley Pond	97	344	37	87	61	50
George D. Seymour State Park Scenic Reserve	95	88	43	71	46	44
Hurd State Park	93	236	27	74	55	31
Round Meadow	93	113	29	79	37	18
North Cove (Yale Boulder)	92	380	61	47	29	52
Plum Bank Beach	92	169	22	46	64	22
Meeting House Hill	91	453	30	71	66	41
Devils Hopyard State Park	90	172	7	72	65	28
Durham Meadows Wildlife Area	90	168	37	75	50	40
Wadsworth Falls State Park	88	249	26	77	40	43
Ragged Rock Creek Marsh Wildlife Area	86	134	36	57	38	31
Durham Meadows	85	578	47	44	30	51
Cornfield Point	84	382	43	36	34	55
Lyman Meadow Brook	84	169	48	58	27	28
Indian Lake	83	252	16	66	57	28
Wangunk Meadows Wildlife Area (Reservoir Brook)	77	51	27	52	13	43
Lyndes Neck	76	58	30	47	40	19
Pequot Swamp Pond	74	62	17	53	35	21
Saybrook Point (Gibralter Rocks)	73	224	48	36	17	32
Lake Hayward	73	107	24	44	50	36
Westbrook Harbor	72	123	24	38	54	27
Gillette Castle State Park	72	101	17	43	35	22
Highland Pond	72	83	29	36	37	33
Meshomasic State Forest (Clark Hill)	72	66	0	58	51	10
North Cove (Old Saybrook)	69	110	36	27	30	27
Machimoodus State Park	67	73	20	25	52	27
Pratt Cove	67	58	23	54	18	4
Potopaug Point	66	166	37	43	32	20
Stannard Beach	66	62	16	29	45	17
North Cove (Essex)	62	125	35	22	33	17
Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park Trail	61	100	33	44	23	16
Haddam Neck Wildlife Area	60	121	33	43	23	12
Deep River Cove	58	111	25	3	30	27