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Best Birding Spots in Orange County, Florida

Orlando Wetlands Park leads Orange County's birding spots with 223 species reported, best in fall. 141 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
Orlando Wetlands Park	223	5,972	167	164	115	190
Lake Apopka Restoration Area	211	1,756	151	152	107	165
Clear Water Lake	202	1,907	148	143	97	160
Mead Garden	179	8,979	109	151	97	161
Lake Apopka Restoration Area (northwest)	157	224	112	102	54	99
Oakland Nature Preserve	155	1,092	114	109	62	120
Lake Apopka Restoration Area (northwest)	146	400	78	102	100	101
Newton Park	145	1,068	111	88	72	99
Wekiwa Springs	141	1,093	103	105	87	106
Hal Scott Regional Preserve and Park	133	812	105	106	69	72
Leu (Harry P.) Botanical Gardens	132	970	78	109	59	98
Lake Carter	129	641	92	83	60	83
Lake Apopka Restoration Area (south)	127	166	91	73	42	72
Lake Beauclair	125	792	88	92	61	83
Demetree Park	122	285	54	105	45	78
Cady Way Park	119	1,122	90	96	68	95
Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area (southwest)	112	401	83	86	52	58
Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area	110	495	78	80	43	45
Airport Lakes Park	108	363	80	84	50	67
Northwest Recreation Complex	107	727	90	68	33	65
Sand Lake	105	373	78	70	49	68
Clear Water Lake (Mud Lake)	104	412	78	66	47	55
Lake Rutherford	103	325	92	62	12	51
Lake Apopka Restoration Area (west 4)	103	261	87	60	33	57
Lake Apopka Restoration Area (Lake Fanny)	102	116	48	64	43	57
Clear Water Lake (northwest)	99	85	72	6	13	67
Raccoon Lake	97	290	71	68	41	55
Cay Lake	96	174	77	61	34	54
Oakland Nature Preserve (Hull Island)	95	154	76	54	18	54
Lake Baldwin Park	91	178	65	58	35	46
Greenwood Urban Wetland	90	225	51	59	34	72
Split Oak Forest Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area	90	206	56	64	44	48
Shingle Creek	90	104	78	68	18	24
Lake Davis	88	460	67	58	41	53
Black Lake (Buena Vista)	88	336	70	61	40	51
Tibet-Butler Preserve	88	309	62	61	21	41
Lake Eola Park	87	893	71	64	48	51
University of Central Florida Natural Area	87	207	60	57	33	50
Sand Lake (Barrel Spring)	87	87	61	39	33	39
Maitland Community Park	85	218	38	75	17	41
Blanchard Park and Little Econ Greenway	84	197	59	58	36	47
Dr. Bradford Memorial Park	84	123	51	51	36	58
Lake Mizell	84	62	68	51	12	50
Starke Lake	82	141	45	49	43	52
Black Lake	80	513	55	49	33	45
Bay Lake (Riles Island)	80	242	60	54	34	41
Lake Claire	78	292	63	60	24	42
Barber Park	78	132	65	46	29	26
Lake Adair	77	180	47	41	41	51
Rock Springs Run State Reserve (south)	76	85	45	40	53	35