Birding spots · Massachusetts

Best Birding Spots in Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary leads Hampshire County's birding spots with 214 species reported, best in fall. 126 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
Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary	214	3,702	89	176	123	185
Arcadia Wildlife Refuge	200	4,412	87	170	119	162
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (Great Pond)	191	1,656	81	162	102	140
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge	188	5,928	74	174	143	158
Quabbin Quabbin Park	184	5,805	87	155	113	142
Quabbin Reservoir Watershed	181	1,878	57	152	126	139
Norwottuck Rail Trail	167	1,148	56	156	97	96
Connecticut River Greenway State Park	166	1,783	66	160	88	106
Foley Field	161	2,425	48	141	120	113
The Oxbow	152	861	49	111	83	95
Broad Brook - Fitzgerald Lake Greenway	151	1,404	45	130	97	86
Campus Pond (northeast)	148	1,417	39	136	82	122
Larence Swamp	146	843	39	139	98	88
Broad Brook - Fitzgerald Lake Greenway (southeast)	145	981	39	131	91	95
J.A. Skinner State Park	142	1,818	25	130	97	91
Quabbin Reservoir Watershed (west)	136	502	44	124	70	78
Great Pond	133	464	54	94	54	76
Broad Brook - Fitzgerald Lake Greenway (east)	133	296	37	114	88	63
Bachelor Brook/Stony Brook Resource Area	131	445	48	110	71	65
Campus Pond (west)	129	454	37	115	46	81
Morton Pond	129	344	28	86	76	81
Southampton Wildlife Management Area	128	180	42	110	66	77
Packardville	127	459	31	100	101	58
Herman Covey Wildlife Management Area	127	400	36	111	75	61
Lake Warner	125	572	38	102	77	66
Nonotuck Park	124	376	39	107	79	78
Connecticut River Reservoir	122	1,745	49	62	83	89
Paradise Pond (historical)	122	1,209	52	95	68	78
Lower Pond	122	1,042	39	101	57	89
Walking Trail	122	891	54	82	75	63
Larence Swamp (southeast)	118	190	30	108	63	41
Paradise Pond (historical) (Mill River Reservoir (historical))	115	553	39	111	57	48
Plum Brook	115	346	48	82	62	76
Graves Farm Wildlife Sanctuary	111	510	28	98	85	44
Lower Millpond	110	1,239	49	77	67	66
Mount Tom State Reservation	108	339	4	104	68	28
Wildwood Conservation Area	107	623	43	94	53	82
Hadley Reservoir	107	305	38	93	62	63
Broad Brook - Fitzgerald Lake Greenway (Laurel Park)	107	235	19	102	64	23
Danks Pond	101	139	35	57	43	62
Quabbin Reservoir Watershed (northeast)	99	353	30	63	27	65
Echodale Farm (2)	99	90	26	89	62	36
Campus Pond	98	2,303	49	59	45	68
Cummington Farm Village	98	292	5	88	75	12
Applewood Conservation Area	98	253	18	94	37	25
Mountain Street Reservoir	97	226	20	85	62	47
Campus Pond (east)	97	219	33	95	44	43
D.A.R. State Forest	97	135	13	72	79	36
Rubber Thread Pond	95	1,250	52	45	57	53
South Hadley Canal Park	95	1,056	56	67	57	51