Birding spots · Massachusetts

Best Birding Spots in Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Belle Isle Inlet Marshes leads Suffolk County's birding spots with 221 species reported, best in spring. 100 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
Belle Isle Inlet Marshes	221	6,450	92	184	122	165
Millennium Park	208	7,986	108	173	131	169
Franklin Park	190	3,091	76	159	93	149
Deer Island	171	1,473	83	116	65	131
Chestnut Hill Reservoir	165	3,541	61	140	79	116
Belle Isle Marsh Reservation (Short Beach)	164	728	44	116	81	117
Back Bay Fens	146	2,821	62	124	71	107
Arnold Arboretum I	143	4,187	62	130	74	102
Leverett Pond	140	2,911	43	133	78	96
Franklin Park (Scarboro Hill)	136	1,845	51	126	67	87
Winthrop Beach	135	4,942	70	98	83	103
Belle Isle Cemetery	134	439	50	94	65	100
Jamaica Pond	130	2,831	72	101	51	75
Boston Neck	130	2,568	43	122	53	88
Chandler Pond	129	1,769	48	116	59	90
Belle Isle Marsh Reservation	129	800	32	67	79	98
Lewis Lake Park	124	1,102	48	85	62	91
Belle Isle Inlet Marshes (Suffolk Downs Station)	120	415	33	86	73	71
Crystal Cove	117	1,290	29	86	73	90
Crystal Lake (Green Hill)	117	768	34	110	54	55
Urban Arboretum	116	3,013	41	81	35	90
Strandway/Castle Island	115	2,489	72	76	45	71
Leverett Pond (Brookline Village)	115	1,895	55	99	60	51
Joyce Kilmer Park	113	1,258	37	98	52	65
Thompson Island	108	89	55	58	39	44
Leverett Pond (Willow Pond)	107	321	49	93	36	44
Roslindale	106	757	28	94	47	47
St Joseph Cemetery	104	440	46	74	62	63
Umass Boston	104	410	48	58	43	82
West Roxbury High School Recreational Fields	101	619	38	75	67	60
Pines Point of	99	679	35	48	56	72
Havey Beach	96	288	42	65	62	59
Neponset River Reservation (Cedar Grove)	96	275	58	63	53	58
Gethsemane Cemetery	96	241	41	76	50	43
Rumney Marsh Reservation	95	268	30	65	57	56
Willow Pond	93	609	31	82	37	37
Boston Harbor Islands State Park	92	169	41	40	54	40
Savin Hill Park	91	258	25	85	18	39
Carson Beach	90	700	45	50	45	53
Stony Brook Reservation	90	279	22	83	46	42
Diamond Creek Marshes	85	922	43	57	40	40
Charles River Reservation (Storrow Lagoon)	85	758	41	68	37	51
Belle Isle Inlet Marshes (Short Beach Creek)	85	294	27	48	49	60
Halls Pond (Longwood Station)	84	637	45	66	44	44
Willow Pond Meadow	81	296	35	73	22	24
Yirrell Beach	81	261	37	40	49	29
Frog Pond	80	707	27	69	24	35
Bussey Brook Meadow I	80	350	38	71	37	38
Small Park	77	311	48	48	32	38
Mt Hope Cemetery	75	206	27	67	41	36