Birding spots · Florida

Best Birding Spots in St. Lucie County, Florida

Herman Bay leads St. Lucie County's birding spots with 125 species reported, best in spring. 39 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
Herman Bay	125	583	28	91	24	91
Fort Pierce Inlet State Park	125	497	61	64	34	93
Teague Hammock Preserve	125	292	82	84	41	106
Indrio North Savannahs	112	524	86	76	38	68
River Park Marina	111	406	46	60	24	81
South Jetty Park & Fishing Pier	107	676	63	46	49	80
Paleo Hammock Preserve	97	199	55	76	28	64
Savannah Park	89	179	77	50	29	49
C-23/C-24 South Reservoir	88	87	62	77	8	31
Savannas Preserve State Park	84	313	55	60	45	55
Middle Cove (Middle Point)	82	140	6	50	0	69
George E. Lestrange Natural Area	82	138	64	59	17	29
Fort Pierce Inlet State Park (Jim Island)	76	189	41	54	30	46
D.J. Wilcox Preserve	72	124	43	35	6	46
Bluefield Ranch	69	114	57	54	14	28
Local Recreation	66	71	63	20	0	1
Indian River Memorial Park	65	129	48	49	15	23
Causeway Island Park	64	176	48	41	18	37
Wood Stork Trail Park	63	69	41	43	20	37
Local Recreation (north)	61	71	25	52	10	16
Gordy Road Recreation Area	60	52	45	25	0	29
Middle Cove	59	198	32	18	25	31
Ocean Bay	59	79	3	32	20	33
Savannas Outdoor Recreation Area	57	60	50	37	5	27
Oxbow EcoCenter	56	81	39	39	5	27
Spruce Bluff	55	53	41	36	7	25
Sheraton Plaza Preserve	54	54	35	28	17	8
Middle Cove (Pete Stones Creek)	49	67	30	26	0	10
Citrus Hammock Natural Area	48	54	10	36	15	21
Wildcat Cove	45	73	32	15	2	11
Weldon B Lewis Park	44	59	33	20	5	17
Bear Point Cove	42	55	19	24	1	21
John Brooks Park	34	55	19	8	9	17
Herman Bay (east)	30	52	9	10	13	10
Avalon State Park	27	58	10	17	3	13
Birding spot near Port St. Lucie	85	171	61	58	46	57
Birding spot near River Park	58	189	45	32	30	44
Birding spot near Port St. Lucie (northeast)	53	61	44	29	0	19
Birding spot near Hutchinson Island South	41	91	17	19	24	22