Birding spots · New Hampshire

Best Birding Spots in Belknap County, New Hampshire

Birch Island leads Belknap County's birding spots with 107 species reported, best in spring. 31 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
Birch Island	107	178	18	91	82	48
Meredith (northwest)	106	241	5	59	63	65
Tioga River Reservoir	106	152	20	97	51	42
Lake Waukewan	104	505	27	83	74	58
Suncook Ponds	102	125	8	59	44	67
Governors State Park	93	112	17	74	41	36
Gulf Brook	83	96	27	68	35	28
Chamberlain-Reynolds Memorial Forest	81	83	6	45	58	40
Ellacoya State Park	78	187	18	53	24	56
Evelyn H. and Albert D. Morse, Sr. Preserve	71	92	2	43	48	32
Leavitt Park	67	186	24	31	2	48
Meredith	57	300	28	41	22	23
Crystal Lake	54	86	2	37	29	22
Dixon Point (Durkee Brook)	54	71	6	41	21	20
Opechee Park	52	64	8	32	26	12
Center Harbor Town Beach	50	232	27	28	10	32
Opechee Bay	50	82	22	26	5	14
Smith Cove	48	76	0	35	37	5
Lily Pond	46	135	0	38	8	17
Silver Lake	46	76	20	24	7	17
Little Pond	41	112	10	28	5	14
Dixon Point	40	80	22	19	8	17
Silver Lake (Winding Hill Brook)	35	50	19	22	0	6
Perley Pond	26	59	23	7	0	3
Birding spot near Laconia	120	244	11	105	59	72
Birding spot near New Hampton	105	177	0	102	55	45
Birding spot near Laconia (Interlaken Park)	75	58	0	47	56	23
Birding spot near Laconia (east)	71	72	0	33	61	17
Birding spot near Laconia (Gilford Bowl)	69	107	11	43	5	39
Birding spot near Belmont	56	53	9	42	35	8
Birding spot near Laconia (Mount Rowe)	53	52	2	29	36	26