Birding spots · Mississippi

Best Birding Spots in Jackson County, Mississippi

Halstead Bayou leads Jackson County's birding spots with 161 species reported, best in spring. 63 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
Halstead Bayou	161	633	75	128	48	105
Bayou Chico (Greenwood Island)	160	103	85	120	47	112
Blue Lake	152	1,885	90	98	61	111
Singing River Island	148	100	80	111	61	54
Stark Bayou	145	524	83	113	46	95
Lake Yazoo	140	1,363	46	127	25	96
Irvin Lake (Delmas Bayou)	135	88	61	90	39	84
Bellefontaine Point Coastal Reserve	134	676	58	103	47	61
Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge	131	1,014	74	112	63	84
Beardslee Lake	130	529	80	101	45	87
Bellefontaine Point Coastal Reserve (northwest)	127	404	87	71	46	82
Graveline Bay Coastal Reserve (Graveline Bayou)	122	113	70	96	20	73
Graveline Bay Coastal Reserve	116	194	83	70	50	68
Bellefontaine Point Coastal Reserve (northwest)	116	144	70	86	35	75
Stark Bayou (Halstead Bayou)	114	339	66	74	48	62
Irvin Lake	112	407	61	77	34	75
Pointe Park	111	485	62	72	53	65
Weeks Bayou	107	205	64	79	27	60
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge (southeast 3)	106	148	63	60	32	38
Lake Yazoo (East Pascagoula)	100	585	44	80	27	58
Irvin Lake (Pascagoula)	97	244	45	72	49	29
Lake Yazoo (south)	96	146	54	72	36	57
Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge (Gulf Park Estates)	94	226	51	59	31	52
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge	87	215	63	60	27	45
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge (southeast 2)	87	156	51	57	20	24
Goodes Mill Lake	78	109	36	64	28	15
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge (southeast)	76	179	41	57	18	33
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge (west)	72	128	43	45	11	26
Ig Levy Memorial Park	70	307	52	28	33	49
Shepard State Park	67	105	45	41	11	30
Beach Park	66	74	16	40	29	23
Bayou Chico	65	116	31	29	35	31
De Soto National Forest (northeast)	54	64	11	46	32	0
Pascagoula River Coastal Reserve (Gurlie Bayou)	51	55	36	10	4	18
Riverfront Park	48	68	34	22	4	11
Gulf Islands National Seashore (Stark Bayou)	44	68	28	29	18	12
Lake Yazoo (Comynie Bayou)	41	80	25	23	0	16
Pascagoula River Coastal Reserve	40	59	36	2	1	0
Blue Lake (southwest)	37	427	25	23	11	21
Orange Lake	34	66	30	9	3	1
Birding spot near Latimer	207	448	125	150	111	156
Birding spot near Pascagoula (Singing River Island)	173	139	81	130	0	105
Birding spot near Pascagoula (East Pascagoula)	147	1,423	100	100	87	91
Birding spot near Pascagoula	144	1,849	66	110	79	104
Birding spot near Pascagoula (Comynie Bayou)	117	445	58	99	40	77
Birding spot near Pascagoula (Dredge Bayou (historical))	113	301	69	71	63	64
Birding spot near Vancleave	110	181	51	89	61	68
Birding spot near Gulf Hills	107	405	72	77	48	64
Birding spot near Gulf Hills (Plummer Point)	100	135	56	71	27	68
Birding spot near Ocean Springs (Davis Bayou)	88	98	52	64	24	47