Birding spots · New Hampshire

Best Birding Spots in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Haydens Millpond leads Hillsborough County's birding spots with 150 species reported, best in fall. 73 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
Haydens Millpond	150	1,099	61	96	90	118
Heald Cape Lot	132	246	26	101	93	81
Benson Park	130	452	46	107	68	90
Edward MacDowell Reservoir	127	488	19	111	80	74
Lake Park	126	585	43	86	59	97
Horseshoe Pond (Thorntons Ferry)	124	1,018	47	99	71	79
Ponemah Bog Wildlife Sanctuary	119	481	20	108	70	64
Powder Mill Pond	119	174	10	89	72	52
Manchester Cedar Swamp	117	496	24	102	75	64
Babb Swamp	116	205	0	101	92	20
Nutt Pond	115	698	35	95	55	69
Everett Lake	113	93	0	106	50	49
Beaver Brook Association Land (Beaver Brook Association Pond)	112	238	18	108	70	15
Contoocook River Reservoir	111	197	20	93	64	64
Beaver Brook Association Land	110	344	25	104	70	34
Fields Grove	108	280	38	87	48	51
Beaver Brook Association Land (north)	108	190	22	103	59	28
Livingston Park - Undeveloped Area	106	547	34	88	47	67
Topside Pond	102	675	15	40	58	92
Town Garage	101	107	18	95	51	33
Heald Jr Rev Trust	100	71	15	78	63	42
Russell-Abbott State Forest	97	111	12	80	68	40
Mill Pond	96	203	37	86	40	47
Nashua Canal Reservoir	94	266	17	84	53	35
Lovewell Pond (west)	94	100	14	87	31	24
Mud Pond (south)	94	89	16	50	62	47
Bartemus Brook	92	424	38	71	44	37
Beaver Brook Association Land (Proctor Hill)	91	144	28	84	35	40
Greenfield State Park	87	104	18	61	63	47
Beaver Ponds	87	101	19	78	49	19
Railbed	85	71	18	63	55	27
Harris Center for Conservation Education	83	216	22	55	61	43
Contoocook River Reservoir (MacDowell Colony)	83	107	30	55	45	37
Spalding Park Town Forest	82	89	12	73	12	36
Lovewell Pond	81	114	2	70	41	25
Hortons Pond	80	53	21	67	36	2
Lovewell Pond (Cold Brook)	79	95	4	67	54	38
Souhegan River Reservoir	78	330	28	58	46	32
Nashua Canal Reservoir (Mill Pond)	77	95	17	65	33	33
Casalis State Forest	76	86	15	55	46	33
Cemetery Field	75	160	6	57	52	18
Horse Hill Nature Preserve	75	130	14	63	41	26
Willard Pond	75	96	3	39	60	24
The Basin	75	62	12	65	32	4
Hayashi	73	83	9	56	46	28
Horseshoe Pond (Naticook Brook)	73	67	28	56	30	20
Gregg Lake	71	100	8	42	48	17
Temple Mountain State Reservation	70	114	11	46	49	33
Milford Fish Hatchery	70	71	23	53	19	31
Loverens Mill Cedar Swamp	70	53	10	48	46	19