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Best Birding Spots in York County, Maine

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve leads York County's birding spots with 251 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
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve	251	4,555	84	203	194	201
Timber Point	241	3,561	79	200	172	204
Fort Foster Park	229	2,318	91	198	142	169
East Point Audubon Sanctuary	219	2,338	82	157	125	157
Jagger Pond	209	1,870	47	179	142	164
Great Pond	207	1,642	53	164	100	170
Great Pond (Libbyshears)	204	1,215	63	164	98	149
Parsons Beach	200	1,272	70	147	120	135
The Pool	185	685	28	134	94	134
Town Thatch Bed (The Pool)	178	376	56	147	85	82
Town Thatch Bed	172	440	38	108	91	140
Back Bay	171	1,607	47	106	123	124
Great Pond (Biddeford Pool)	171	1,098	35	113	97	105
Webhannet River Marsh	168	1,758	61	125	111	105
Etherington Pond	165	1,013	65	126	78	112
Drakes Island	164	632	44	117	103	102
Seapoint Beach	163	658	64	104	98	111
Back Creek	161	620	49	121	68	113
Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area	153	2,041	9	133	127	57
South Point	147	1,022	72	89	87	89
Stratton Island	147	353	0	108	99	40
Bald Head	144	606	71	78	42	92
Horseshoe Cove	143	410	40	103	80	74
Great Pond (Halftide Rock)	141	291	31	112	24	79
Sampson Cove	137	221	42	80	76	88
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (Merriland River)	135	876	27	90	97	76
Footbridge Beach	133	687	59	75	78	85
Appledore Island	133	422	4	88	94	75
Mount Agamenticus	129	1,103	25	98	93	83
Little Beach	127	1,164	70	80	60	82
Lake Murdock	126	335	22	61	78	93
Back Creek (Mousam River)	121	284	20	103	71	47
Beach Plum Farm	120	390	39	75	37	93
Nubble Light and Sohier Park	119	2,150	72	71	53	73
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (Bragdon Brook)	118	359	16	80	86	60
Knights Pond	117	128	2	107	71	28
Cranberry Meadow	117	100	35	93	80	68
Riverfront Park	112	610	64	86	46	77
Highland Farm Preserve	111	269	27	90	62	51
Phillips Pond	111	223	42	66	50	68
Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area (south)	110	564	7	94	84	10
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (Smith Brook)	109	221	34	58	66	44
Lords Pond	106	433	47	61	56	64
Goose Rocks Beach, King's Highway	106	354	42	82	61	46
Fishermans Cove (Moody Point)	104	448	9	68	84	15
Miscellaneous Municipal Lands (Deep Brook)	104	111	21	89	56	29
Town Thatch Bed (Fort Hill)	101	223	36	68	47	55
Smelt Brook Preserve	100	178	32	81	62	42
Oarweed Cove	99	626	73	41	35	57
Great Works River Reservoir	99	597	27	87	47	45