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Best Birding Spots in Seminole County, Florida

Marl Bed Slough leads Seminole County's birding spots with 156 species reported, best in spring. 45 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
Marl Bed Slough	156	360	118	127	57	79
Central Winds Park	155	955	95	102	76	125
Lake Destiny	149	1,410	91	105	86	118
Lake Lotus	129	505	79	87	54	103
Lake Jesup Wilderness Area	122	255	87	98	55	63
Lake Howell	119	289	81	84	62	96
Clifton Springs	118	417	73	64	58	88
Lake Harney Wilderness Area	113	170	74	81	42	70
Fort Mellon Park	110	343	68	79	55	78
Spring Hammock Preserve	108	308	59	72	48	87
Little Big Econ State Forest (northeast)	100	71	81	64	31	14
Lake Mills Park	97	244	52	72	24	71
Mills Creek	97	92	74	71	45	47
Black Bear Wilderness Area	95	237	75	73	40	59
Secret Lake	95	144	67	59	39	62
Econ River Wilderness Area	90	173	56	68	37	48
Little Big Econ State Forest (Roberts Branch)	90	65	41	76	24	37
Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park	89	83	62	47	44	58
Black Hammock Wilderness Area	87	127	55	60	42	53
Geneva Wilderness Area	86	143	53	63	44	44
Kewannee Park	85	101	56	64	17	45
Lake Catherine	83	115	54	69	33	41
Mullet Lake (Palm Shadows)	82	101	64	51	11	34
Little Big Econ State Forest (Kolokee)	82	78	59	48	42	32
Sylvan Lake Park	81	183	54	48	15	60
Mirror Lake	81	73	60	8	0	65
Mitchell Hammock	81	68	45	23	23	66
Carr Creek	79	57	64	42	9	39
Red Bug Lake Park	77	87	51	49	26	38
Little Big Econ State Forest	76	94	53	47	15	31
Lake Proctor Wilderness Area	75	93	45	59	28	39
Lake Jesup Conservation Area	73	50	57	37	3	40
Cranes Roost Park	72	244	61	36	28	34
Wekiwa Springs (Rock Springs Run)	72	81	41	39	32	35
Chuluota Wilderness Area	71	64	41	39	38	36
Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park (northwest)	69	78	49	42	20	34
Little Big Econ State Forest (east)	66	84	39	34	37	15
Veterans Memorial Park Sanford	63	70	45	35	9	13
Merrill Park	58	115	40	38	19	29
James Dunn Park	48	64	37	20	19	12
Birding spot near Black Hammock	119	290	89	72	40	92
Birding spot near Chuluota	113	364	79	85	54	79
Birding spot near Geneva	110	303	99	61	23	57
Birding spot near Heathrow	82	209	71	23	0	44
Birding spot near Midway (southeast)	67	100	57	34	19	29