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Best Birding Spots in Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Manomet Bird Observatory leads Plymouth County's birding spots with 239 species reported, best in spring. 163 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
Manomet Bird Observatory	239	3,294	97	190	140	187
Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary	210	3,737	98	174	118	147
Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area	197	2,866	77	169	132	128
High Pines	190	1,924	78	150	110	144
Shifting Lots Preserve	186	1,056	87	145	119	124
Manomet Brook	183	1,921	95	140	97	127
Well Rock	183	753	86	143	56	136
Great Cedar Swamp	175	1,402	94	137	102	126
Worlds End Reservation	160	930	68	140	85	104
Beach Point	157	1,022	64	94	101	126
Manomet Point	152	1,606	59	90	83	107
Shifting Lots Preserve (Ellisville Harbor)	143	347	57	94	89	104
Atwood Reservoir Wildlife Management Area	141	454	46	105	73	93
The Nook Preserve	131	167	52	108	66	83
Beal Cove	126	453	44	113	61	74
Rivermoor Habitat Park	126	329	48	69	76	93
Forge Pond	124	366	60	89	32	91
Tack Factory Pond	123	238	0	12	78	108
Great Sandy Bottom Pond	120	410	47	66	72	87
North Scituate Beach	118	598	43	86	72	68
Ice Pond	118	200	61	85	57	58
Weir River Farm	117	596	40	97	75	77
North River Marsh	116	365	42	87	53	58
Jones River Marshes	116	281	51	70	56	68
Ferry Hill	116	263	35	109	6	21
Morton Park	113	344	57	95	51	64
Lorings Bogs	112	438	37	83	61	62
Nelson Memorial Park	111	548	58	88	54	73
Warren Cove	111	527	53	67	60	81
Round Pond	111	417	26	73	73	52
Bass Creek (Little Harbor Marshes)	110	266	48	78	81	66
Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area	109	181	16	91	64	25
Nasketucket Bay State Reservation	109	122	50	77	55	35
Arms House Pond	108	670	49	85	58	57
Little Harbor Beach	107	209	26	53	56	77
Spring Pond	106	585	4	84	81	48
West Meadows Wildlife Management Area	106	196	16	85	55	61
Munn Preserve	104	139	20	79	79	21
Little Cedar Swamp	99	218	29	84	48	14
Triphammer Woods	99	207	19	94	42	40
Butler Point	98	273	44	59	47	54
Worlds End Reservation (Planters Hill)	98	159	34	59	62	49
Willow Brook Farm Preserve	96	263	27	85	52	26
Shallow Pond (Indian Brook Reservoir)	96	124	28	72	62	18
Mounce Pond	96	123	34	60	13	69
Kingston Bay	95	143	31	59	62	61
Green Hill Rock	94	298	55	68	34	52
Worlds End Reservation (Martins Well)	94	128	31	60	64	45
Spragues Cove	93	429	55	61	59	38
Whitney and Thayer Woods	93	233	35	50	63	59