Birding spots · Michigan

Best Birding Spots in Allegan County, Michigan

Allegan State Game Area leads Allegan County's birding spots with 188 species reported, best in spring. 57 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
Allegan State Game Area	188	1,026	61	166	104	76
Saugatuck Dunes State Park	176	498	39	159	81	100
Mt. Baldhead Park	153	543	25	103	73	69
Saugatuck Dunes-Singapore Dunes LLC 1	146	297	12	87	76	83
Wau-Ke-Na	123	157	17	82	61	87
Peach Orchard Creek	115	349	47	96	62	37
Allegan State Game Area (east)	113	287	8	103	76	5
Douglas Bayou	112	184	23	98	42	53
Allegan State Game Area (east 2)	109	237	25	100	57	2
Swan Creek Pond	109	128	1	97	61	14
Allegan State Game Area (Swan Creek Pond)	108	167	0	102	75	0
Allegan State Game Area (east 3)	108	155	12	78	64	26
Horseshoe Cove	107	310	27	92	51	30
Allegan State Game Area (Pine Creek)	107	183	40	81	66	42
Wade’S Bayou Memorial Park	106	607	54	79	48	64
Kalamazoo River	100	482	25	19	57	56
Mt. Baldhead Park (Mount Baldhead)	95	131	15	57	60	26
Allegan State Game Area (Swan Creek)	95	80	32	57	55	35
Allegan State Game Area (New Richmond)	93	133	12	75	62	30
Swan Creek Marsh	87	142	18	71	44	8
River Bluff Park	84	102	18	41	54	25
Douglas Beach Park	82	358	39	37	37	38
Wau-Ke-Na (Plummerville Creek)	82	83	12	38	47	34
Sanctuary Woods Preserve	80	136	18	65	30	27
Kalamazoo Lake	79	193	23	32	42	26
Natural Area Saugatuck Dunes Natural Area	77	81	4	49	48	19
Ely Lake	77	66	6	65	29	10
Otsego	76	208	47	36	43	18
Rabbit River Nature Trail	76	83	0	66	26	15
Howard C. Schultz Park	74	165	17	58	18	32
Hutchins Lake	66	77	16	54	2	22
Brookside Park	56	126	25	38	34	28
Green Lake (Round Lake)	53	52	4	39	0	14
Cobb Lake (west)	50	131	0	24	35	23
Gilligan Lake	50	54	1	2	23	28
Lake Allegan	49	208	45	20	0	9
West Side Park	40	57	4	16	25	6
Birding spot near Fennville (southwest)	150	432	14	134	60	63
Birding spot near Holland	140	834	44	123	65	82
Birding spot near Fennville	136	444	31	126	74	93
Birding spot near Martin	120	940	20	86	78	78
Birding spot near Saugatuck	120	140	0	15	77	90
Birding spot near Martin (northwest)	113	361	29	92	60	55
Birding spot near Douglas (Indian Cut)	107	107	28	76	63	26
Birding spot near Fennville (Rabbit River)	105	92	0	102	37	21
Birding spot near Fennville (southwest)	102	65	7	84	45	1
Birding spot near Douglas (Macks Landing)	98	226	21	78	52	32
Birding spot near Allegan (Rossman Creek)	91	110	33	77	45	34
Birding spot near Dorr (south)	89	133	13	76	35	53
Birding spot near Saugatuck (north)	89	81	7	73	46	0