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Best Birding Spots in New London County, Connecticut

Harkness Memorial State Park leads New London County's birding spots with 228 species reported, best in fall. 106 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
Harkness Memorial State Park	228	2,880	113	152	131	168
Barn Island Wildlife Area	220	1,920	106	173	140	153
Bluff Point State Park	189	767	90	134	108	138
Bluff Point	183	770	43	98	121	163
Rocky Neck State Park	182	1,526	93	139	95	117
Griswold Cove	158	896	74	86	79	116
Great Island Marshes	147	439	64	101	91	96
Palmer Cove	143	678	69	126	88	89
Shippee Pond	137	1,367	81	102	65	108
E A Whitford Pond	128	587	25	119	74	56
Ocean Beach Park	127	569	83	82	36	76
Ed Lamb Brook	127	553	57	110	82	79
Birch Plain Creek Tidal Marsh	127	270	61	92	43	77
Harkness Memorial State Park (Pepperbox Hill)	125	290	65	89	53	81
Connecticut College Arboretum & Natural Area	123	564	36	108	77	82
Watch Rock	123	304	45	98	69	45
Connecticut College Arboretum & Natural Area (Mamacoke Cove)	119	216	66	79	56	77
Hamburg Cove	116	206	67	90	36	27
Mineral Spring Brook	113	470	33	86	78	81
Spring Lake	112	152	27	71	32	89
Town Beach	111	222	54	63	56	73
Savin Lake	110	279	39	42	52	83
Stonington Point	109	1,092	75	41	55	59
Knox Preserve	107	474	73	67	50	58
Nehantic State Forest	107	221	7	99	49	18
Harkness Memorial State Park (Goshen Cove)	106	214	35	64	67	55
Alfred Mitchell Woods	104	208	27	94	42	68
Great Swamp	103	165	13	90	64	31
North Cove	100	523	59	65	58	63
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge	100	304	49	65	44	65
Palmer Cove (Groton Long Point)	98	283	34	58	77	63
Wequetequock Cove	98	72	54	20	5	82
Shennecossett Beach	97	268	23	51	70	55
Burnham Brook	97	219	22	86	69	49
Buddington Pond	97	150	29	77	68	36
Babcock Pond Wildlife Area	96	120	14	72	66	39
Darrow Pond	95	120	3	76	55	33
Seaside State Park	94	131	47	50	51	53
Mumford Cove	94	98	42	31	71	37
Stenger Farm Park	93	107	37	75	52	55
Groton Beach & City Recreation	91	583	58	54	17	48
Salt Rock State Park	89	53	12	80	42	39
Town Landing	88	295	40	59	41	45
Randall Point	88	112	57	28	35	20
Shingle Mill Pond	86	402	35	68	35	57
Mistack	86	294	63	29	34	41
Denison Homestead	84	155	31	62	42	47
Great Island Wildlife Area	84	106	30	31	48	34
Enders Island	83	303	65	36	30	42
Amos Lake	82	169	55	38	41	6