Birding spots · Delaware

Best Birding Spots in New Castle County, Delaware

Augustine Wildlife Area leads New Castle County's birding spots with 236 species reported, best in spring. 87 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
Augustine Wildlife Area	236	2,762	116	203	146	190
Augustine Wildlife Area (Port Penn)	201	1,456	86	175	113	135
Middle Run Valley Park	175	2,212	75	147	109	146
Ashland Nature Center	171	4,658	71	148	108	156
Newark Reservoir	168	1,314	91	130	84	119
Brandywine Creek State Park	165	1,222	73	143	110	133
Woodlawn	160	1,011	67	133	99	133
Dragon Run Park	143	446	79	122	62	44
Russell W. Peterson Wildlife Refuge	142	732	75	114	69	90
Auburn Heights	142	678	62	119	80	93
Ice House Point	142	629	58	116	61	56
Burrows Run Preserve	142	416	66	109	73	114
White Clay Creek State Park	141	547	52	136	85	90
White Clay Creek State Park (Lost Stream)	139	534	43	132	83	75
Thoroughfare Neck	139	295	69	118	67	65
Lums Pond State Park	137	497	57	115	78	78
Carousel Park	136	793	64	108	82	93
C&D Canal Conservation Area (west)	133	118	52	90	50	79
Bellevue State Park	132	792	61	110	68	109
White Clay Creek State Park (Lamborn Run)	131	444	46	123	76	58
C&D Canal Conservation Area	130	303	86	109	52	50
Alapocas Run State Park	129	463	54	106	68	79
Nonatum Mills	128	535	52	114	77	80
Battery Park	126	360	72	89	59	55
Brandywine Park	125	533	58	109	63	76
White Clay Creek State Park (northwest)	124	364	41	110	68	88
Biddle Point	123	220	60	82	77	77
White Clay Creek State Park (Great Good Place)	122	240	25	116	53	25
New Castle Open Space	121	119	59	85	61	84
Stave Landing	119	223	66	88	43	34
Fort DuPont State Park	118	164	55	82	61	68
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library	117	493	51	99	73	81
Battery Park (Delaware City)	115	350	36	89	69	39
Blackbird State Forest	115	212	27	97	47	57
Woodlawn (Ramsey Run)	113	69	48	87	68	72
Augustine Creek	110	211	51	67	66	32
C&D Canal Conservation Area (Crystal Run)	108	116	15	107	0	17
Phillips Park	107	430	49	96	37	60
Brandywine Creek State Park (Guyencourt)	106	222	41	62	61	57
Woodlawn (Beaver Valley)	106	55	43	81	67	67
Hoopes Reservoir	104	160	57	56	39	54
Charles E. Price Memorial Park at Levels Road	101	538	43	68	64	28
Augustine Beach	99	427	47	65	40	35
Mount Cuba Center	99	245	26	76	61	67
Cedar Swamp	96	85	41	72	53	31
C&D Canal Conservation Area (Reedy Point)	94	135	40	64	42	50
DNERR Blackbird Creek Reserve	94	105	52	74	40	53
Porter Reservoir	93	671	43	82	37	71
Auburn Heights Preserve	93	187	51	67	59	54
Glasgow Park	92	218	32	81	50	33