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Best Birding Spots in Clay County, Florida

Sheelar Lake leads Clay County's birding spots with 140 species reported, best in spring. 36 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
Sheelar Lake	140	735	97	116	75	100
Crosby Sanctuary	123	556	63	97	52	98
Black Creek Park	113	650	50	82	44	99
Red Bay	101	424	72	73	58	53
Camp Chowenwaw Park	95	238	53	79	39	64
Jennings State Forest (north)	95	133	50	60	55	54
Black Creek Ravines Conservation Area	94	142	66	56	35	54
Hog Point	93	446	74	58	47	59
Plaza at Wells Lake	89	398	67	63	35	56
Ronnie Van Zant Park	89	180	65	50	35	55
Pace Island Park	89	79	66	64	37	39
Penney Farms	85	213	62	47	40	37
Red Bay (east)	81	141	43	52	30	33
Red Bay (east)	79	311	45	52	39	35
Vera Francis Hall Park	79	132	41	55	31	36
Keystone Lake	77	79	53	30	18	34
Spring Park	74	212	52	47	42	27
Jennings State Forest (west)	67	56	27	47	17	19
Fleming Island	64	194	37	43	43	29
Jennings State Forest	64	138	35	47	32	37
Bayard Conservation Area	53	53	12	44	24	12
Moccasin Slough	51	105	33	29	3	28
Birding spot near Middleburg	111	167	75	75	42	74
Birding spot near Green Cove Springs (northwest)	108	82	50	80	53	55
Birding spot near Fleming Island	98	970	72	72	55	56
Birding spot near Green Cove Springs (Walkill)	92	96	18	55	45	47
Birding spot near Fleming Island (south)	87	776	65	68	52	46
Birding spot near Green Cove Springs (northwest)	86	179	35	59	34	55
Birding spot near Orange Park (southwest)	80	154	59	39	31	37
Birding spot near Green Cove Springs	79	377	51	62	42	36
Birding spot near Lakeside (west)	72	88	53	39	3	45
Birding spot near Oakleaf Plantation	60	139	44	39	7	38
Birding spot near Lakeside	56	121	34	10	28	29
Birding spot near Lakeside (northwest)	54	91	43	0	6	38
Birding spot near Green Cove Springs (west)	52	185	31	27	33	32
Birding spot near Green Cove Springs (south)	52	80	21	35	35	16