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Best Birding Spots in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Moon Pond leads Barnstable County's birding spots with 250 species reported, best in fall. 319 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
Moon Pond	250	2,134	99	185	133	208
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary	246	7,399	94	197	174	214
Town Cove	242	4,765	130	191	138	213
Morris Island Marshes	222	2,294	96	154	145	165
Race Run	219	2,504	96	143	146	171
Scusset Harbor (historical)	204	1,804	111	158	78	144
Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary	201	1,984	94	145	115	151
Lily Pond	200	1,124	81	146	104	150
Santuit Pond	196	2,736	76	168	118	140
Blackwater Pond	194	3,073	59	174	83	129
Cape Cod National Seashore	192	3,402	80	129	125	144
Sandy Neck Beach Conservation Area	191	800	87	118	109	152
South Cape Beach State Park	189	1,569	81	131	112	131
West Reservoir	184	3,667	82	168	110	111
Orleans Beach	184	1,271	91	100	97	123
First Encounter Beach	181	1,846	73	94	95	141
Mill Creek	172	339	65	100	88	130
Cape Cod National Seashore (Pochet Island)	171	137	58	80	47	152
Clapps Round Pond	168	528	57	90	93	133
Forest Beach	166	2,318	69	106	123	133
Nauset Marsh	161	644	72	89	94	105
Hatches Harbor	160	487	47	72	113	124
Herring Cove Beach	158	1,292	56	98	95	92
Bank Street Bogs Nature Preserve	157	1,669	89	124	79	112
Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area	156	3,777	77	120	114	116
Cape Cod National Seashore (Race Point Beach)	156	873	42	133	59	111
Two Ponds	154	1,271	62	107	60	124
Great Marshes Conservation Area	153	551	73	101	74	103
Sandy Neck Beach Conservation Area (White Hill)	151	623	54	85	78	116
Nauset Beach	150	362	61	92	85	91
The Highlands	149	295	55	95	67	120
Salt Pond	147	895	82	88	89	76
Quivett Creek Marshes	146	635	54	97	90	109
Head of the Meadow Beach	145	895	47	69	88	89
Chapin Memorial Beach	145	850	49	78	100	105
Long Pond	144	631	38	134	74	64
Black Beach	144	626	59	99	95	95
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Silver Spring Brook)	144	129	45	70	82	119
Dowses Beach	143	1,950	83	93	68	101
Nye Pond	143	820	85	110	56	90
Moody Pond	143	493	73	128	61	81
Corporation Beach	142	1,870	80	71	69	104
Attaquin Park	142	1,849	77	98	73	98
Sea Gull Beach	142	1,043	76	94	82	107
Pilgrim Spring	142	414	30	131	51	75
Davis Beach	140	1,668	87	94	80	78
Flax Pond	140	668	70	57	42	136
Brick Factory Sanctuary	138	977	53	99	88	90
Nickerson State Park	138	480	69	84	77	88
Salt Pond Bay	137	518	36	93	85	79