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Best Birding Spots in Duval County, Florida

Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park leads Duval County's birding spots with 226 species reported, best in fall. 99 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
Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park	226	2,845	113	179	117	185
Fort George Inlet	217	3,199	154	150	112	163
Big Talbot Island State Park	204	3,230	141	165	118	160
Reddie Point Preserve	188	1,684	89	148	70	170
Little Talbot Island State Park	179	859	122	129	74	116
Big Talbot Island State Park (Sawpit Creek)	168	434	92	130	65	83
Fort George Island Cultural State Park	160	393	84	131	56	100
Tiger Pond	149	628	87	126	53	98
Fort Caroline National Memorial	141	619	77	124	53	88
William F. Sheffield Regional Park	140	665	103	95	57	105
Earl Johnson Memorial Park	138	1,224	93	118	69	102
Blue Cypress Park	135	416	79	99	56	103
Helen Cooper Floyd Park	126	635	95	100	74	87
Camp Milton Historic Preserve	125	420	70	74	66	90
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	121	224	68	90	40	76
Betz Tiger Point Preserve	121	188	91	76	43	69
Cradle Creek Preserve	120	502	80	92	42	85
Pine Island	120	269	83	83	48	64
Jacksonville Arboretum and Gardens	119	669	64	95	40	87
Venetia Terrace	118	356	77	97	65	72
Saint Johns Point	116	302	81	71	49	60
Dutton Island Park and Preserve	115	274	78	72	33	74
Fort Caroline National Memorial (Calypso Island)	114	374	72	93	32	61
Turner Pond	114	201	64	75	56	43
Horseshoe Creek	112	187	73	75	14	65
Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park	112	175	77	82	35	44
Fort George Island Cultural State Park (Haulover Creek)	112	124	48	79	36	62
Julington-Durbin Preserve	110	591	60	83	45	66
Castaway Island Preserve	108	424	70	73	37	75
Tillie K. Fowler Regional Park	101	305	57	71	47	74
Taye' Brown Regional Park	101	222	71	69	42	59
Big Talbot Island State Park (southeast)	101	105	39	63	36	50
Arlington Lions Club Park	100	207	55	86	36	62
Tide Views Preserve	99	235	71	62	42	60
Little Talbot Island State Park (south)	97	156	71	46	40	62
Mayport Waterfront Park	95	185	65	54	52	50
Branan Field Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area	93	249	60	64	45	48
Holiday Hill	92	739	58	74	38	55
Holiday Hill (Hogan)	90	202	54	67	47	52
Fort George Island Cultural State Park (Mount Cornelia)	88	87	34	61	28	35
New Berlin Model Airplane Field	87	222	65	45	19	56
Cary State Forest	87	104	47	39	45	42
Fort George Inlet (Haulover Creek)	85	221	60	53	40	48
Back River	82	74	57	60	32	30
Little Talbot Island State Park (Fort George Inlet)	77	99	57	34	14	45
Sawmill Slough Preserve	77	76	43	54	6	29
Boone Park	76	267	51	52	20	48
Big Island Swamp	74	214	65	31	20	54
Ed Austin Regional Park	74	126	50	35	31	46
Seaton Creek Historic Preserve	74	120	50	45	29	30