Birding spots · Massachusetts

Best Birding Spots in Bristol County, Massachusetts

Horseneck Beach State Reservation leads Bristol County's birding spots with 246 species reported, best in fall. 108 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
Horseneck Beach State Reservation	246	3,088	89	166	153	209
Allens Pond	209	688	85	162	133	127
Broad Cove	181	926	90	110	93	147
Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary	177	1,127	82	132	121	99
Poppasguash Swamp	176	2,031	74	148	106	142
Demarest Lloyd State Park	176	929	92	129	107	131
Cockeast Pond (Simon Brook)	162	150	83	107	31	118
Allens Pond (Little Beach)	153	330	64	105	96	84
Horseneck Beach State Reservation (northwest)	151	569	72	90	83	114
West Island Marshes	148	276	63	107	77	91
Richmond Pond (Simon Brook)	146	256	86	69	54	114
Allens Pond (north)	142	281	68	89	83	96
Round Hill Beach	136	394	57	108	76	74
Wilburite Corner	134	505	63	94	72	101
Horseneck Beach	133	224	58	76	73	81
Freetown Swamp Wma	132	471	54	104	79	78
Sconticut Neck Marshes	126	693	50	98	90	67
Somerset Reservoir	124	281	72	41	51	86
Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust	123	318	73	91	58	76
Borderland State Park	123	305	33	91	70	78
Rocky Point	121	325	67	88	60	65
Borden Colony Recreation Area	120	205	56	77	47	90
Pond Swamp	119	436	46	93	66	71
Fort Phoenix Beach State Reservation	118	1,098	82	73	39	69
Allens Pond (Slocums Neck)	118	67	45	61	34	87
Star of the Sea	117	219	39	96	69	63
Ames Pond	115	948	38	71	52	103
Little Bay	115	243	52	80	54	71
Ward Pond	111	161	25	81	69	56
Mill Pond (Coury Heights)	109	520	62	84	51	64
Erwin S. Wilder Wildlife Management Area	109	189	28	80	59	66
Norton	106	1,263	53	94	44	65
Cedar Swamp (east)	105	132	14	89	60	34
Cockeast Pond	104	216	66	43	31	64
Sweets Knoll State Park	103	101	62	71	41	59
Sconticut Neck Marshes (Winsegansett Heights)	102	127	49	27	23	82
Ymca/Childrens Museum Conservation Restriction	99	91	38	75	21	64
Britland Park	92	721	67	67	50	63
Horseneck Beach State Reservation (Halfmoon Flat)	91	111	26	60	48	24
Maple Swamp	91	63	33	64	59	48
Black Pond (Greenwood Lake)	90	120	34	78	40	40
Buttonwood Park	89	478	53	72	44	55
The Knubble	87	126	43	39	38	41
Clarks Point	86	435	70	38	30	13
Dighton Rock State Park	84	191	42	55	35	15
West Island Marshes (North Cove)	83	59	15	61	53	15
Whale Rock	79	161	40	48	22	38
Lloyd Center	78	135	42	56	29	22
Kings Pond	78	115	26	51	48	30
Salters Point	78	63	0	40	54	42