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Best Birding Spots in Kent County, Delaware

Shearness Pool leads Kent County's birding spots with 266 species reported, best in spring. 53 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
Shearness Pool	266	2,800	126	212	181	210
Raymond Pool	223	3,097	93	168	159	158
Milford Neck Woods Fee	221	841	94	186	135	156
Shearness Pool (Parson Point)	212	2,537	96	151	157	156
Raymond Pool (Whitehall Neck)	206	1,534	100	152	130	134
Cattail Gut	201	493	87	161	114	145
Bear Swamp Pool	193	1,935	90	159	132	140
Raymond Pool (south)	181	875	64	135	108	126
Milford Neck Preserve	181	473	82	132	120	76
Little Creek Wildlife Area	173	1,596	100	118	105	97
Raymond Pool (Raymond Gut)	171	1,104	60	121	92	131
Milford Neck Preserve (Clarks Ditch (historical))	169	282	80	128	52	86
Little Creek Wildlife Area (Taylors Gut)	166	421	92	132	72	67
Shearness Pool (Raymond Pool)	163	300	38	103	91	100
Ted Harvey Wildlife Area	157	179	62	126	78	61
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge	152	666	57	126	79	68
Little Creek Wildlife Area (Cattail Gut)	152	238	60	124	71	92
Killens Pond State Park	134	587	59	105	77	84
Milford Neck Wildlife Area (Beaverdam Branch)	127	138	57	69	30	95
Woodland Beach Wildlife Area	126	284	48	92	73	67
Parson Point	126	272	50	99	59	57
Bear Swamp Pool (Poplar Point)	126	243	40	85	59	57
Little Creek Wildlife Area (Pickering Beach)	126	192	59	87	35	63
Ted Harvey Wildlife Area (Kitts Hummock)	117	68	33	107	34	0
Silver Lake Recreation Area	114	357	51	96	41	70
Pickering Beach	107	268	56	72	50	50
Pierson Cove	104	206	47	45	57	45
Money Marsh	104	180	30	58	56	41
Woodland Beach Wildlife Area (Taylors Gut Landing)	103	179	42	72	52	34
Saint Jones Reserve	101	164	45	79	48	48
Bowers Beach	100	137	53	55	44	47
Little Creek Wildlife Area (west)	97	59	22	38	17	81
Silver Lake (Woodcrest)	92	125	25	65	46	63
Dutch Neck	88	217	17	58	55	28
Mispillion River	88	216	32	65	52	45
Kitts Hummock	85	110	42	52	36	19
Forest Landing	83	74	61	49	8	38
Blairs Pond	79	57	28	55	27	15
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (Dutch Neck Crossroads)	77	121	26	47	39	16
Killens Pond State Park (Killen Pond)	76	99	15	44	49	29
Blackiston Wildlife Area	76	50	11	63	31	13
Fork Branch Nature Preserve	67	77	27	52	21	12
Brecknock Park	60	64	27	44	11	25
Tub Mill Pond	56	116	34	38	1	21
Wheatleys Pond	37	83	9	13	2	31
Birding spot near Leipsic	155	1,000	81	111	82	82
Birding spot near Leipsic (Finis Branch)	146	288	63	121	44	73
Birding spot near Dover	90	116	40	77	7	12
Birding spot near Clayton	68	644	5	41	60	21
Birding spot near Leipsic (Nandains Landing)	67	144	16	11	38	38