Birding spots · Connecticut

Best Birding Spots in Tolland County, Connecticut

Hop River State Park Trail leads Tolland County's birding spots with 161 species reported, best in spring. 63 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
Hop River State Park Trail	161	1,060	34	143	79	96
Shenipsit Lake	148	389	58	84	63	108
Air Line State Park Trail	144	793	43	117	80	82
Swan Lake	142	1,732	57	106	80	103
Swan Lake (Mansfield Four Corners)	138	773	43	71	57	119
Valley Falls Park	130	488	42	112	58	89
Mansfield Hollow Lake (Mount Hope River)	124	444	45	90	72	70
Belding Wildlife Area	120	369	40	89	59	89
Turnip Meadow (historical)	119	290	41	87	76	69
Willimantic River Water Access	118	271	46	87	69	82
Nathan Hale State Forest	116	297	33	88	75	75
Columbia Recreation Area	112	273	34	86	60	65
Tankerhoosen Wildlife Management Area	102	189	21	79	41	47
Merrow	100	310	26	86	47	57
Mirror Lake	97	446	41	71	42	63
Wangumbaug Lake	97	431	61	65	39	67
Bolton	96	130	26	47	36	83
Bolton Lake Lower	95	379	42	66	28	65
Dobsonville Pond	94	129	22	56	46	55
Willimantic River Water Access (Eagleville Brook)	94	113	28	81	54	30
No Official Name Yet (Currently Refered To As: *	93	459	35	69	49	60
Meshomasic State Forest and Gay City State Park	93	183	19	83	65	42
Nipmuck State Forest	92	200	23	76	56	43
Taylor Pond	90	162	10	76	47	41
Risley Reservoir	90	108	25	62	47	46
Turnip Meadow (historical) (Schoolhouse Brook)	90	94	8	34	62	46
Kinney Pond	85	64	0	75	67	0
Columbia Lake	82	278	42	47	35	60
Belding Wildlife Area (Railroad Brook)	82	119	21	48	29	49
Mansfield Recreation Pond	82	96	17	75	59	15
Sadds Mill Pond	74	71	14	59	47	0
Andover Lake	73	206	37	46	1	59
Kollar Wildlife Area	73	54	15	53	51	12
Shady Lake	72	89	21	68	40	21
Gurleyville	72	64	12	41	40	33
Cider Millpond	71	104	31	52	37	13
Eagleville Lake	68	185	12	46	46	28
Town Open Space (Meadow Park)	66	150	22	48	36	21
Salmon River State Forest - Holbrook Pond	62	69	5	38	23	21
Tankerhoosen Wildlife Management Area (Walker Reservoir West)	62	55	14	40	25	2
Town Open Space (Meadow Park) (Merrow)	59	113	24	44	14	14
Turnip Meadow (historical) (Fenton River)	57	104	9	29	26	33
Echo Lake	55	71	16	31	24	44
Chestnut Hill	54	85	20	32	18	11
Somersville Pond	53	181	12	41	38	14
Wangumbaug Lake (Coventry Lake)	52	56	34	1	3	31
Shenipsit State Forest	51	121	0	35	26	14
Mono Pond	51	50	4	25	28	15
Mirror Lake (Storrs)	50	175	29	33	30	11
Somersville Pond (Spring Brook)	43	61	2	27	17	7