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Best Birding Spots in Hillsborough County, Florida

Cockroach Bay leads Hillsborough County's birding spots with 205 species reported, best in spring. 101 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
Cockroach Bay	205	1,194	134	164	108	159
Bahia Beach Coastal Restoration	165	1,167	130	128	96	97
Lettuce Lake Regional Park	158	3,883	102	123	89	132
Wolf Branch	157	371	101	106	96	117
Tampa Bay Estuarine Ecosystem - TECO Tract and Fulkerson Road Shell Pit	149	270	92	107	72	94
Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge	149	228	42	124	36	68
Fred and Ida Schultz Preserve	148	302	99	100	70	105
Cypress Point Park	147	1,207	114	99	66	106
Lake Dan Preserve	147	523	107	110	75	109
Lower Hillsborough Flood Detention Area	138	420	99	104	74	101
Pam Callahan Nature Preserve	137	2,065	85	91	64	101
Paradise Oaks	129	266	102	93	48	102
Edward Medard Park and Reservoir	125	508	95	83	75	86
Boat Bayou	123	346	79	66	47	81
Lower Green Swamp Preserve	120	281	85	88	60	94
Alafia River Corridor	120	272	66	86	63	85
Davis Park	119	665	81	88	70	91
Pelican Cove	118	368	83	74	60	64
Golden Aster Scrub Nature Preserve	117	382	82	74	59	75
Upper Tampa Bay Park	111	331	80	77	43	77
Balm-Boyette Scrub	106	261	60	65	56	71
River Haven	105	287	51	80	52	80
Picnic Island Park	104	175	68	64	47	56
Bradford	102	152	66	50	51	65
Bell Creek Preserve	98	265	74	57	44	56
Brooker Creek Buffer Preserve	98	116	59	60	45	71
Violet Cury Nature Preserve	96	269	70	63	56	62
Mckay Bay Wildlife Refuge	96	159	72	53	30	63
Ekker Preserve	96	104	69	72	24	47
Golf and Sea Village	94	200	59	71	37	44
Fish Hawk Creek Preserve	94	171	74	61	49	46
Hillsborough River State Park	93	348	67	65	36	62
Lower Hillsborough Flood Detention Area (northeast)	91	207	53	63	47	40
Alafia River State Park	90	142	58	47	40	51
Glencliff Park	90	139	61	61	34	44
Bellows Lake	89	75	84	31	0	36
Courtney Campbell Boat Ramp	88	421	69	59	45	56
The Cove	87	1,248	60	66	42	65
Lake Frances Preserve	87	120	66	59	44	51
Rocky Point Village	84	450	64	63	44	58
Big Bend	84	338	76	44	0	41
Starvation Lake	83	184	61	52	44	46
Stearns Road Park	82	1,605	62	61	54	62
Riverhills Park	82	190	48	57	54	46
Desoto Park	82	148	43	53	26	39
Lake Eckles	82	125	64	52	37	33
Bird Island	82	110	47	41	44	57
Ed Radice Sports Complex	82	59	49	68	39	36
Lower Hillsborough Flood Detention Area (northeast)	81	276	50	53	43	53
Williams Park	80	122	52	52	23	37