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Best Birding Spots in Pinellas County, Florida

Saint Jean Key leads Pinellas County's birding spots with 282 species reported, best in spring. 155 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
Saint Jean Key	282	11,623	164	238	133	222
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve	227	4,292	150	179	114	182
Honeymoon Island	223	2,873	138	177	109	169
John S Taylor Park	203	2,080	130	147	95	168
Fred Howard County Park	198	1,778	113	174	93	136
Sand Key County Park	197	1,578	110	155	85	164
Mease Park	191	2,801	127	154	80	148
Brooker Creek Preserve	186	3,627	134	142	98	158
Sawgrass Lake	184	3,762	118	153	100	144
John Chestnut Senior Park	181	3,086	116	132	97	152
Boca Ciega Millennium Park	179	1,462	112	161	80	135
Lake Seminole Park	175	1,133	118	135	82	129
War Veterans Memorial County Park	175	855	110	147	66	130
Lake Sperry	165	2,653	99	143	74	127
Mcgough Nature Park	165	1,660	76	142	67	133
Walsingham Reservoir	163	1,021	103	132	83	115
Bonner Nature Park	161	692	74	124	51	118
Weedon Hammock	156	1,479	126	113	79	78
Philippe Point	156	1,059	111	105	41	105
Lake Bellevue	153	818	118	104	53	100
Community Park	152	1,054	102	95	54	87
Eagle Lake County Park	149	813	97	117	65	103
Brooker Creek Preserve (Keystone Park)	135	462	91	85	56	113
Clam Bayou	134	603	111	87	55	85
Waterfront Park	133	942	102	102	67	99
Blue Heron Lake	132	968	110	89	52	77
Elva Rouse Park	127	1,768	98	100	67	88
Crescent Lake Park	126	1,958	90	94	60	95
Riviera Bay Park	124	778	85	105	56	73
Treasure Island Beach	122	650	64	74	68	72
Seven Mouth Creek	121	219	72	88	50	74
Sheffield Park	120	302	84	85	60	81
Florida Botanical Gardens & Pinellas County Extension	117	524	79	84	45	76
A L Anderson Park	117	322	65	72	52	82
Boggy Bayou (Wall Springs)	116	515	95	74	46	67
Lake Maggiore	116	331	85	63	41	83
Mobbly Bayou Preserve	113	1,161	91	85	56	70
Pass-a-Grille Beach	112	629	66	77	45	67
Abercrombie Park	112	256	52	68	34	82
Boggy Bayou	110	871	91	66	33	76
Eagle Crest Lake Park	108	397	61	75	33	61
Lassing Park	105	308	72	74	44	66
Lake Chautauqua Park	103	202	69	73	34	56
North Anclote River Nature Park	103	155	70	57	45	65
Maximo Park	101	393	81	60	39	66
Lake Patricia	101	238	70	70	29	74
Pinellas Point Park	99	179	73	58	22	39
Shell Key Preserve	99	159	63	60	39	62
Datsko Park	98	136	53	46	13	83
Blue Heron Lake (north)	97	372	80	62	40	55