Birding spots · Maryland

Best Birding Spots in Dorchester County, Maryland

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge leads Dorchester County's birding spots with 230 species reported, best in spring. 46 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
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge	230	3,907	135	191	144	190
Harpers Pond	188	542	114	142	94	144
Dieffenbach Pond	158	937	91	109	56	94
Gary Creek	151	691	78	128	93	99
Chester River Country Club Lake	151	419	46	80	80	124
Twin Ponds	127	483	59	83	70	70
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (Twin Ponds)	126	404	62	57	56	89
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (Dieffenbach Pond)	119	339	64	87	48	65
Chesapeake Forest Lands	113	355	70	70	47	67
Bishops Head	113	164	28	58	45	69
Wolfpit Pond	111	261	71	69	30	57
Fishing Bay Wma	107	139	51	55	53	19
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (northwest)	106	230	55	76	36	50
Pokata Creek	105	137	39	82	57	10
Muddy Hook Cove	104	123	45	68	43	57
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park	100	356	71	61	31	47
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (Russell Swamp)	99	158	43	75	15	74
Chesapeake Forest Lands (Browns Landing)	97	160	10	86	59	41
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (Hog Range)	88	92	51	38	21	22
Wolfpit Marsh	86	181	53	56	20	26
Dieffenbach Pond (northwest)	86	87	48	49	17	22
Horne Bay	85	70	11	56	27	49
Dieffenbach Pond (Coulson Pond)	85	66	31	23	17	54
Chesapeake Forest Lands (Little Maple Dam Branch)	84	81	12	51	41	30
Lecompte Wma	82	77	52	56	13	48
The Great Marsh	80	441	64	45	16	32
Pinks Pond	78	1,328	72	53	0	32
Eaton Point	75	380	51	47	31	28
Lewis Landing	75	53	25	38	30	15
Savanna Lake Lodge Heritage Conservation	74	104	18	45	32	13
Upper Hooper Island	74	59	47	25	18	18
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (Seward)	73	122	29	43	19	20
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (Green Brier Swamp)	73	50	24	44	25	23
Long Wharf Park	71	271	58	38	13	24
Ferry Point	69	173	41	44	18	23
Cat Cove	67	107	31	31	17	33
Fishing Bay Wma (Poplar Island)	65	57	15	39	33	20
Cambridge Long Wharf	61	336	46	41	21	20
McCreadys Point	61	83	17	36	23	12
Hambrooks Bay	53	131	45	18	0	13
Brookview	49	52	0	42	19	2
Mill Cove	48	95	28	12	4	14
Birding spot near Hurlock	79	275	0	23	66	48
Birding spot near Vienna (Fork Neck)	70	52	31	40	22	4
Birding spot near Cambridge	67	56	35	22	18	12
Birding spot near Vienna	60	98	44	19	0	9