Birding spots · New Jersey

Best Birding Spots in Burlington County, New Jersey

Palmyra Cove Nature Park leads Burlington County's birding spots with 230 species reported, best in fall. 71 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
Palmyra Cove Nature Park	230	6,056	105	196	136	197
Amico Island	182	1,787	83	157	104	135
Wright Cove	182	793	100	150	92	140
Brendan T. Byrne State Forest	177	1,860	74	124	133	136
Franklin Parker Preserve	160	1,063	87	122	97	106
Amphibious Lake	157	528	67	126	72	109
Lake Three (historical)	157	179	72	124	98	119
Kings Grant	156	907	66	130	72	112
Memorial Park (Pine Grove)	151	487	68	120	81	132
Moriuchi	148	1,755	73	124	78	111
Swan Bay Wildlife Management Area	136	183	55	97	59	105
Burlington County Fairgrounds	132	1,739	67	80	93	79
Crystal Lake	131	424	61	117	63	78
Laurel Run	130	1,053	69	103	87	87
Bishop Farmstead	129	585	73	69	71	103
Historic Smithville Park	128	1,002	65	109	78	91
Michael Huber Prairie Warbler Preserve	126	508	16	120	75	27
Franklin Parker Preserve (north)	125	124	40	82	74	72
Evert Preserve	122	332	43	119	66	19
Brendan T. Byrne State Forest (McDonald)	121	295	46	89	78	69
Rancocas State Park (west)	121	276	47	89	69	87
Willingboro Lakes Preserve	120	555	69	94	65	91
Rancocas State Park	117	570	49	108	51	58
Long Bridge Park	112	332	49	93	57	75
Croft Farm	112	200	69	87	60	71
Batsto Lake	111	356	54	85	70	60
South Branch Reservation	109	168	38	94	47	45
Vincentown Millpond	103	148	45	46	50	73
Swede Run Fields	101	178	52	61	51	65
Lake Lonnie	100	234	51	80	43	63
Rancocas State Park (Masons Creek)	99	126	37	70	52	42
Long Bridge Park (Holiday Lake)	95	175	50	71	42	58
Delanco	93	295	48	59	40	54
Delaware River - Bank Avenue	91	546	53	55	19	65
Rancocas Pointe	90	278	55	79	42	53
Township Park	90	113	38	71	55	60
Rancocas State Park (Hainesport)	87	93	41	66	18	46
Joseph C. Phile Field	85	53	15	78	28	31
Pemberton Lake Wildlife Management Area	84	389	63	44	11	27
Bear Swamp at Red Lion Preserve	84	146	9	77	38	0
Long Bridge Park (Delanco)	83	69	39	54	37	43
Swedes Run	82	162	45	64	40	28
Medford Wildlife Management Area	82	83	40	60	44	12
Bass River State Forest (south)	76	60	35	41	17	32
Brendan T. Byrne State Forest (Shinns Branch)	70	85	20	45	40	0
Lake Absegami	68	102	12	57	38	17
Strawbridge Park	66	131	37	50	37	29
Pakim Pond	64	117	14	46	33	15
Bear Swamp at Red Lion Preserve (Chairville)	64	69	0	64	4	0
Atsion Lake	64	66	0	24	50	28