Birding spots · Florida

Best Birding Spots in Charlotte County, Florida

Ollie's Pond Park leads Charlotte County's birding spots with 171 species reported, best in spring. 51 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
Ollie's Pond Park	171	2,125	119	137	54	108
Kiwanis Park	165	2,975	86	144	87	151
Stump Pass Beach State Park	157	1,177	98	110	88	102
Cedar Point Environmental Park	150	913	111	116	35	81
Lemon Lake	147	843	89	129	49	89
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	142	1,601	113	119	73	103
Lemon Lake (southeast)	134	628	85	118	26	50
Prairie Creek Preserve (Charlotte County)	128	310	105	89	62	85
Tippecanoe Environmental Park	120	486	105	80	44	66
Bayshore Live Oak Park	118	572	87	62	38	73
Palm Lake	113	475	88	82	45	68
Gasparilla Pass	111	171	44	100	17	20
Ponce de Leon Park & Boat Ramp	102	525	78	72	43	45
Shell Creek Preserve	102	154	84	70	0	72
Audubon-Pennington Nature Park	99	254	58	59	26	66
Hathaway Park	95	272	55	57	29	69
Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park (Rotunda-West)	95	145	67	83	3	5
Lemon Lake (Rotunda-West)	94	158	57	72	21	34
Lemon Lake (Lemon Creek)	93	532	67	74	47	62
Prairie/Shell Creek	89	173	76	64	19	57
Englewood Beach/Chadwick Park	88	386	52	52	41	51
Peekins Ranch Cove	87	159	64	47	24	40
Placida	87	126	62	43	35	43
Stump Pass	87	110	51	66	55	39
Franz Ross Park	81	221	72	40	0	39
Knight Pass	78	90	36	64	48	6
South County Regional Park (Punta Gorda)	76	133	55	43	33	52
Port Charlotte Beach Park	70	170	59	43	20	26
Lake Breeze Wood	65	117	52	40	16	18
Charlotte Flatwoods Environmental Park	64	123	53	44	20	37
Punta Gorda City Park	58	168	25	26	46	26
Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park (north)	54	130	37	39	9	22
Tippecanoe II Florida Scrub-jay Mitigation Area	51	56	25	34	17	16
Buck Creek Preserve	46	59	37	11	4	17
Live Oak Point	41	58	23	10	6	23
Birding spot near Port Charlotte	138	1,022	71	90	50	115
Birding spot near Cleveland	117	488	95	64	46	82
Birding spot near Harbour Heights	113	196	84	68	49	90
Birding spot near Rotonda	99	408	79	69	40	53
Birding spot near Southeast Arcadia	92	159	74	33	49	39
Birding spot near Port Charlotte (southwest)	84	441	63	65	39	44
Birding spot near Fort Myers Shores (Tuckers Corner)	83	124	52	55	33	43
Birding spot near Fort Myers Shores (northwest)	83	95	66	48	26	28
Birding spot near Rotonda (northwest)	71	93	57	47	14	29
Birding spot near Cleveland (north)	68	87	58	41	4	24
Birding spot near Burnt Store Marina (northeast)	66	95	58	39	9	33
Birding spot near Port Charlotte (west)	66	63	55	34	0	18
Birding spot near Rotonda (Coral Creek)	64	98	49	30	27	20
Birding spot near Solana (southeast)	48	50	2	0	36	25
Birding spot near Rotonda (northwest)	46	130	31	32	17	25