Birding spots · Florida

Best Birding Spots in Sarasota County, Florida

Celery Fields leads Sarasota County's birding spots with 243 species reported, best in spring. 125 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
Celery Fields	243	14,790	196	200	115	192
Pinecraft Park	184	5,587	104	174	93	144
Lido Key	179	1,322	84	157	87	123
Oscar Scherer State Park	175	2,601	125	140	89	123
Myakka River State Park	175	1,282	139	129	68	122
Siesta Beach	171	3,512	117	112	101	130
Bay Street Park	170	1,765	105	148	67	127
Crowley Museum and Nature Center	170	511	135	130	33	134
Red Bug Slough Preserve	169	1,597	99	128	74	128
Hamsen Bayou	166	946	75	122	90	117
Nathan Benderson Park	160	1,018	116	102	93	109
Lemon Bay Park and Environmental Center	150	1,621	95	128	64	101
Myakka River State Park (northeast)	147	1,071	121	110	48	85
Glebe Park	145	1,049	58	123	51	100
Manasota Scrub Preserve	140	848	70	115	64	102
Lake Myakka	134	948	111	100	40	74
Quick Point Nature Preserve	134	511	63	125	39	57
Crowley Museum and Nature Center (Hidden River)	131	357	116	73	44	95
Sarasota Beach	129	874	64	68	75	107
Shamrock Park and Nature Center	121	979	92	91	50	79
North Jetty Park	118	590	69	76	52	68
Honore Trail Park	118	459	79	81	50	96
Ackerman Park	116	836	93	59	46	78
Ken Thompson Park	115	439	63	93	45	61
T. Mabry Carlton, Jr. Memorial Reserve	114	768	88	95	61	67
Hamsen Bayou (Otter Key)	112	223	48	86	38	37
Rothenbach Park	110	301	74	70	56	79
Celery Fields (Tatum)	109	138	86	83	31	72
Blackburn Point	108	400	70	81	51	67
Venice Fishing Pier at Brohard Park	105	464	63	50	33	81
Myakka River State Park (northeast 2)	104	488	86	67	29	64
Coolidge Park	100	533	53	67	55	57
Twin Lakes Park	96	433	84	55	48	65
South Venice Lemon Bay Preserve	96	324	68	68	36	53
Oscar Scherer Buffer	96	232	66	68	41	51
Blind Pass	95	417	68	67	45	53
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens	95	291	58	68	39	57
Nokomis Beach Park	94	550	57	66	52	43
Deer Prairie Creek Preserve	94	350	75	68	55	49
Myakka River State Park (west)	93	78	75	69	13	7
Lemon Bay	92	251	64	66	29	48
Neville Marine Preserve	92	115	52	64	37	36
Indian Mound Park	90	381	78	51	27	45
Red Lake	90	298	58	53	43	66
Old Miakka Preserve	90	209	56	70	23	32
Alligator Pond	89	129	45	60	49	31
Red Lake (Horse and Chaise Point)	86	284	51	50	42	43
Lakeview Park and Paw Park	84	115	75	56	24	35
Pinelands Reserve (north)	84	95	65	50	40	44
Pinebrook Park	83	142	37	67	28	27