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Best Birding Spots in Cumberland County, Maine

Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area leads Cumberland County's birding spots with 232 species reported, best in spring. 203 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
Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area	232	4,768	70	188	181	155
Gisland Farm Audubon Center	216	4,957	86	174	148	166
Fort Point	189	2,286	67	147	85	130
Wharton Point	189	2,229	77	135	128	152
Capisic Pond Park	181	4,578	64	170	87	109
Bay Bridge Landing Wetland Park	178	1,493	31	134	129	133
Crescent Beach State Park	174	884	60	135	102	109
Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area (northeast)	171	719	24	128	122	96
Sandy Point Beach on Cousins Island	167	760	41	70	86	151
Peaks Island Wildlife Management Area	161	780	62	119	94	111
Florida Lake	160	1,054	18	152	79	74
Two Lights State Park	159	1,503	72	110	76	119
Fishermans Cove	159	940	7	118	106	127
Hickley Park	158	2,519	30	157	95	74
Evergreen Cemetery	158	2,175	36	152	81	89
River Point Conservation Area	158	1,146	42	145	90	120
Mackerel Cove	157	580	71	117	79	118
Portland Head Light	154	1,538	62	131	81	87
Great Pond (Richards Pond)	153	628	50	139	85	91
Mackworth Island State Park	152	1,053	59	111	80	118
Evergreen Cemetery (Deering)	148	1,278	21	144	65	78
Blue Point Hill	148	441	30	121	82	78
Curtis Farm	148	374	29	126	92	98
Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area (Grand Beach)	147	2,379	22	132	101	69
Dyer Cove	146	2,660	73	80	64	98
Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center	145	1,454	30	95	107	69
Pollack Creek	143	490	20	130	76	60
Kate Furbish Preserve	143	346	35	105	100	84
Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area (Cascade Brook)	141	2,040	45	112	92	90
Town Landing	140	2,553	45	98	104	87
Miscellaneous Municipal Lands	138	624	12	118	89	73
Pond Cove	138	581	61	116	50	65
Western Cove	138	223	49	89	62	81
Eastern Promenade	137	1,074	59	99	56	107
Back Shore	137	392	42	96	71	89
Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area (Mill Brook)	133	443	47	89	63	69
Stover Point	133	386	36	94	64	87
Town of Cape Elizabeth	130	367	24	122	85	54
Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area (Blue Point Hill)	130	302	22	83	92	50
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge	129	946	19	110	93	42
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (Pollack Creek)	125	858	66	88	57	44
Curtis Cove	125	433	41	102	83	71
Dipper Cove	124	382	34	79	65	95
Evergreen Cemetery (Nasons Corner)	124	307	20	121	45	45
Robinson Woods	123	358	36	105	78	51
Wolfes Neck Woods	122	437	30	82	81	70
Morgan Meadow	122	309	18	105	83	57
Stroudwater River Reservoir	121	488	38	101	80	59
Chandler Brook	120	384	21	97	85	63
Staples Cove	117	433	58	76	64	56