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Best Birding Spots in St. Johns County, Florida

Anastasia State Park leads St. Johns County's birding spots with 190 species reported, best in spring. 82 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
Anastasia State Park	190	2,085	123	147	113	124
GTMNERR - Guana River Site	187	578	111	158	93	143
Guano Lake	166	628	120	122	66	123
Guana River Wildlife Management Area	166	577	87	130	74	117
Guana River Wildlife Management Area (south)	155	208	91	120	85	95
Guano Lake (southwest)	153	390	91	117	40	108
Guano Lake (east)	151	420	105	117	50	78
Canopy Shores Park	150	536	80	117	53	99
Fort Matanzas National Monument (Matanzas Inlet)	144	680	92	105	62	84
Maria Sanchez Lake	141	940	108	100	49	89
Fort Mose Historic State Park	141	897	92	109	64	99
Vaill Point Park	141	422	73	103	51	91
Guano Lake (2)	138	175	64	90	61	90
Fort Matanzas National Monument	135	872	89	90	77	85
GTMNERR - Guana River Site (north)	126	294	82	55	26	87
Faver-Dykes State Park	118	385	78	90	53	64
Anastasia State Park (Bird Island)	117	371	82	75	56	50
Guano Lake (northwest)	117	137	88	81	7	58
Guano Lake (northwest)	116	167	68	86	25	74
Moses Creek Conservation Area	113	318	62	90	23	60
Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve	108	636	77	81	61	70
Sixmile Swamp	108	284	67	71	44	75
East Run Cracker Branch	107	223	58	71	34	80
Little Pine Island	107	173	85	73	19	73
Guano Lake (south)	107	113	50	71	21	67
Nocatee Preserve	106	205	84	83	14	59
Stokes Landing Conservation Area	104	100	76	76	0	42
Vilano Boat Ramp Park	101	621	69	77	56	57
Frank Butler Park West	100	305	79	57	44	51
Fishers Island	100	166	67	77	14	72
Eddie Vickers Park	98	529	69	73	46	35
River to Sea Preserve at Marineland (northwest)	97	151	47	58	56	56
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument	94	334	68	57	41	52
Ocean Hammock Park	91	178	71	47	19	28
Deep Creek Conservation Area (SJRWMD)	89	97	53	45	4	56
J Edward "Red" Cox Recreation Facility	88	178	57	51	36	37
Southeast Intracoastal Waterway Park	83	185	49	52	36	48
Bird Island Park	81	294	55	62	36	40
Alpine Groves Park	81	253	38	58	32	54
Guano Lake (South Ponte Vedra Beach)	81	145	51	52	30	43
Davis Shores	81	103	63	35	13	15
Guana River Wildlife Management Area (northwest)	78	130	51	58	38	30
Anastasia State Park (Conch Island)	77	267	47	51	52	39
Vilano Point	77	121	53	37	20	35
Shore Drive Boat Ramp	77	53	46	46	22	11
Guano Lake (3)	75	123	14	55	12	45
Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park	75	86	49	44	20	38
Gourd Island Conservation Area	71	111	49	49	9	34
Palmetto Road Boat Ramp	71	109	61	32	5	28
Davis Park (north)	71	73	20	24	40	48