Birding spots · New Hampshire

Best Birding Spots in Strafford County, New Hampshire

Pickering Ponds Recreation Area leads Strafford County's birding spots with 214 species reported, best in spring. 37 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
Pickering Ponds Recreation Area	214	5,064	76	183	155	174
Cocheco River Reservoir	190	2,281	67	134	137	146
UNH - Horticulture Farm	154	715	44	134	81	115
Adams Point Wildlife Management Area	150	1,107	72	109	82	88
UNH Property	144	905	46	97	68	96
Father Lawless Fields Town Park	141	1,274	47	128	89	92
Cocheco River Reservoir (Dover)	137	473	44	112	82	82
Bellamy River Wildlife Management Area - West - Lot 2	135	866	66	118	83	80
Hicks Hill	129	202	40	110	88	87
Newtown Plains	119	268	19	109	73	38
Willand Pond	118	348	42	97	77	75
Oyster River Reservoir	112	830	48	97	62	63
Oyster River Reservoir (Beards Creek)	108	755	50	80	64	68
Lamprey River Reservoir	108	190	19	95	64	64
Bellamy Reservoir	107	93	0	57	35	74
Barbadoes Pond	106	251	27	97	37	43
Oyster River Reservoir (southwest)	98	153	15	86	54	53
UNew Hampshire - College Woods	96	289	26	79	65	47
Colby Marsh	96	174	14	80	53	58
Royalls Cove	95	141	39	73	46	48
UNH Property (Durham)	93	365	39	71	48	49
Champlin Reservation	87	104	18	66	61	42
Bow Lake	78	156	25	54	54	31
Granger / Little River Park	65	50	0	46	27	22
Trickys Cove	59	261	40	38	30	28
Oyster River Reservoir (College Brook)	52	71	10	45	22	3
Cedar Point	40	64	18	14	13	4
Durham Reservoir	30	66	0	0	29	0
Garvin Brook	18	50	12	6	0	11
Birding spot near Dover	148	719	55	127	97	104
Birding spot near Durham	134	474	31	124	92	89
Birding spot near Durham (Spruce Hole)	115	266	0	97	84	49
Birding spot near Durham (Smith Creek)	114	320	41	83	61	62
Birding spot near Epping (South Lee)	108	334	0	91	75	37
Birding spot near Newmarket	108	135	30	87	39	61
Birding spot near Durham (Horsehide Brook)	79	249	0	68	51	34
Birding spot near Somersworth	26	52	16	12	0	0