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Best Birding Spots in Collier County, Florida

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary leads Collier County's birding spots with 194 species reported, best in spring. 97 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
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	194	7,357	145	168	99	158
Sugden Regional Park	183	1,655	134	130	69	135
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	179	2,746	142	140	55	100
Naples Botanical Garden	178	2,234	118	150	76	120
Tigertail Beach County Park	173	2,414	112	146	102	118
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed	169	2,001	117	124	72	121
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	166	1,639	87	120	77	136
Otter Mound Preserve	147	1,295	67	121	48	103
Clam Pass Park & Canoe Launch	145	998	104	94	74	103
Big Cypress National Preserve	139	1,415	95	98	52	94
Big Cypress National Preserve (east)	132	968	73	70	40	103
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	130	1,152	96	104	36	73
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Henderson Creek)	129	242	64	82	54	54
Cambier Park	128	1,000	34	112	47	87
Lucky Lake Strand	127	326	104	88	59	91
Inner Clam Bay	120	385	95	78	29	65
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	118	600	73	96	48	54
Big Cypress National Preserve (east 2)	115	369	73	51	14	102
Collier-Seminole State Park	114	418	83	68	43	65
Orchid Linear Park	107	340	21	98	7	57
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Belle Meade)	106	315	50	63	27	65
Pepper Ranch Preserve	105	135	84	73	4	63
Ann Olesky Park & Boat Ramp	101	325	73	72	44	51
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park (north)	101	151	64	48	36	85
Picayune Strand State Forest (southeast)	99	211	85	72	24	31
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park (northeast)	98	269	79	60	29	67
Bowline Park	96	439	16	86	18	51
North Naples Regional Park	95	561	73	62	43	66
Big Cypress National Preserve (northwest)	95	241	79	71	45	43
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge (south)	95	156	72	66	19	14
Picayune Strand State Forest	93	517	72	63	35	42
Frank E. Mackle Park	92	464	70	64	32	40
Big Cypress National Preserve (west)	91	443	68	58	18	46
Picayune Strand State Forest (southeast)	90	245	72	62	31	36
Goodland Bay	89	417	64	61	55	58
Lake Placid	85	283	70	55	24	27
Marco Island	85	220	67	57	15	11
Naples Pier	84	429	59	52	29	34
Chokoloskee Island	84	154	55	48	29	13
Chokoloskee Bay	83	235	61	56	26	44
Caribbean Gardens	82	196	53	51	33	51
Barefoot Beach State Preserve	81	264	53	47	40	49
Leigh Plummer Park	81	202	24	57	12	48
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (north)	79	203	57	56	17	40
Nancy Payton Preserve	76	153	51	50	45	44
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (north 2)	75	158	53	46	28	39
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (north 3)	72	119	49	47	10	30
Big Cypress National Preserve (west 2)	71	399	52	50	10	43
Lowdermilk Park	71	203	49	42	33	21
Caribbean Gardens (northwest)	71	189	45	48	32	35