Birding spots · New Hampshire

Best Birding Spots in Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Wilson Pond leads Cheshire County's birding spots with 173 species reported, best in spring. 52 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
Wilson Pond	173	1,343	60	157	110	111
Wilson Pond (Spragueville)	172	1,145	64	157	103	125
Surry Mountain Lake	156	462	25	111	103	111
Surry	129	247	35	112	71	77
Shadow Lake	127	553	42	103	66	98
Otter Brook Lake	120	204	22	92	70	83
Ashuelot River Reservoir (New Run Brook)	118	363	37	102	36	69
Connecticut River Reservoir (Stebbins Island)	115	119	41	109	26	40
Ashuelot River Reservoir	107	1,422	34	81	49	82
Mill Pond (Blanchard Brook)	105	175	26	85	60	58
Robinhood Park Reservoir	102	273	38	88	58	55
Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area	97	419	15	82	65	40
Pitcher Mountain	94	210	13	71	55	59
Dead Swamp	92	140	24	61	57	48
Ash Swamp Brook	92	116	16	83	41	27
Pool Pond	86	128	20	60	48	44
Ashuelot River Reservoir (Harper Acres)	83	161	22	63	44	30
Keene Forestry Park	81	292	8	47	15	49
Mud Pond (Bonds Corner)	79	131	0	73	23	10
Swanzey Lake	79	101	8	2	73	8
Spofford Lake	78	251	49	39	28	33
Walpole Reservoir	78	82	0	59	53	5
Sucker Brook Cove	77	481	25	64	53	25
Meetinghouse Pond	77	158	3	48	55	20
Madame Sherri Forest - Class 2 EcoReserve	76	83	2	64	41	13
Converse Meadow Pond	75	64	3	45	44	30
Sip Pond	74	72	7	40	50	33
Poole Reservoir	70	155	14	40	55	26
Goose Pond (Sturtevant Brook)	68	78	11	50	38	22
Wight Pond	67	59	0	10	37	47
Rhododendron State Park	64	56	9	37	35	31
Pisgah State Park - Critria 1 lands	61	53	9	33	30	17
Robinhood Park Reservoir (Keene)	59	82	7	48	18	18
Boggy Meadows	57	97	28	37	22	10
Ashuelot River Reservoir (east)	51	162	23	43	20	24
Connecticut River Reservoir	48	195	25	21	12	19
Mill Pond (Mad Brook)	40	65	5	38	0	1
Dublin Pond	39	54	7	5	23	10
Horatio Colony Preserve	38	169	11	30	16	11
Westport	27	54	24	18	0	0
Birding spot near Hinsdale	184	1,580	63	173	85	128
Birding spot near Keene	141	633	36	106	63	84
Birding spot near Putney	94	205	38	56	59	41
Birding spot near Walpole	91	218	21	74	71	34
Birding spot near Hinsdale (Sprague Brook)	84	72	13	79	0	26
Birding spot near Marlborough	79	533	39	52	55	22
Birding spot near Westminster	79	206	34	57	29	23
Birding spot near Putney (East Putney Brook)	55	146	35	29	17	7
Birding spot near Keene (Sturtevant Brook)	54	64	19	27	16	29
Birding spot near Hinsdale (Oak Hill)	49	52	0	42	23	0