Birding spots · Massachusetts

Best Birding Spots in Dukes County, Massachusetts

Aquinnah Cliffs leads Dukes County's birding spots with 177 species reported, best in fall. 52 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
Aquinnah Cliffs	177	576	52	84	85	140
Cuttyhunk Island	160	223	33	85	86	131
Long Point Wildlife Refuge	143	307	53	75	76	105
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary	139	985	64	85	94	101
Upper Lagoon Pond	122	518	68	91	47	88
Sherriffs Meadow Sanctuary	121	344	32	78	87	76
Squibnocket Bight	115	133	61	30	58	60
Eel Pond	110	402	34	60	79	76
Quohog Point	106	323	25	62	77	71
Wasque Reservation (Pocha Pond)	105	99	31	55	48	62
Wasque Reservation	104	128	24	60	59	45
Katama Farm	101	465	37	57	55	70
Quansoo Farm	99	86	20	31	62	66
Little Beach Preserve	98	295	27	46	61	73
Squibnocket Farm Conservation Area	98	209	44	50	53	62
South Beach State Park	94	113	39	41	14	69
Penikese Island Sanctuary	93	116	0	35	54	59
Lucy Vincent Beach	86	185	46	41	41	39
Katama Bay	86	151	14	30	67	55
Cedar Tree Neck Preserve	85	134	2	58	63	35
Cape Pogue Reserv/East Beach	82	75	16	25	55	23
Deep Bottom Cove	80	73	20	30	54	35
Lake Tashmoo	79	102	5	45	60	11
Sherriffs Meadow Sanctuary (Eel Pond Marshes)	79	91	0	36	65	22
Muddy Cove	78	115	63	27	7	31
Lobsterville Beach	77	110	34	26	52	24
Chilmark Pond	76	70	32	11	32	45
Menemsha Pond	74	98	20	24	52	28
Gay Head Moraine	74	79	0	25	36	45
Three Ponds Reservation	74	54	32	32	15	46
Menemsha Bight	73	140	46	26	41	26
Joseph Sylvia State Beach (Harts Harbor)	72	122	20	25	56	13
Moshup Beach Conservation Area (Gay Head Town Beach)	70	71	16	24	35	33
Crystal Lake (East Chop)	68	201	47	40	5	39
Joseph Sylvia State Beach	67	145	30	34	43	15
Lighthouse Beach	66	124	11	40	48	17
Moshup Beach Conservation Area	66	104	21	48	30	19
Menemsha Pond (Long Point)	64	50	8	6	55	7
Bliss Pond	63	53	0	43	38	20
Pocha Pond	61	65	17	35	24	12
Manuel F. Correllus State Forest (southeast)	59	88	21	41	43	3
Katama Point	57	63	13	26	28	28
Vineyard Haven Harbor	55	116	28	23	24	24
South Beach State Park (Crackatuxet Cove)	54	60	14	9	23	35
Waskosims Rock Reservation	53	59	0	47	33	0
Crackatuxet Cove	53	55	12	28	23	13
Priester Pond	52	97	12	34	35	27
Sarson Island	51	138	25	31	29	24
Manuel F. Correllus State Forest	51	89	19	41	39	19
Ocean Park	49	219	19	22	30	17