Birding spots · New Jersey

Best Birding Spots in Cape May County, New Jersey

Cape May Point State Park leads Cape May County's birding spots with 318 species reported, best in fall. 176 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
Cape May Point State Park	318	13,012	166	255	203	286
Cape May Point Beach	306	5,796	133	245	164	258
Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge	304	15,664	144	241	200	264
Cape May Point State Park (southwest)	291	9,860	120	195	132	276
Lake Lily (Cape May Point)	282	1,952	134	229	123	229
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area	270	9,268	116	228	175	237
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area (north)	266	1,492	19	103	174	248
Two Mile Beach	241	2,534	111	166	120	205
Lake Lily	233	2,746	104	171	100	184
Northwood Center	219	4,586	76	177	91	182
Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management Area	217	3,316	105	184	104	169
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area (Lake Lily)	214	781	93	139	102	163
Corsons Inlet State Park	212	1,512	96	170	110	156
The Wetlands Institute Preserve	211	3,679	62	157	110	178
Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area	211	762	84	157	141	147
Cape May Corridor Macrosite	209	2,246	84	156	104	158
Sand Marsh	208	3,777	106	138	120	166
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area (northwest)	204	887	7	76	105	187
Dennis Creek Wildlife Management Area	203	1,924	106	178	89	114
Cape May Coastal Wetlands Wildlife Management Area	199	3,186	102	129	82	153
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area (east)	199	995	80	149	63	154
Cape May County Park South	195	337	29	75	104	179
Cape May Point Beach (Sunset Beach)	191	537	68	122	93	153
Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge (Eph Shoal)	188	496	71	124	93	131
Cape May Point State Park (Sassafras Island)	187	604	60	144	73	120
Cape May Point State Park (Sunset Beach)	185	2,113	76	119	88	137
Cape May Point State Park (west)	183	1,352	94	122	92	144
Dennis Creek Wildlife Management Area (Pierces)	180	815	89	129	88	140
Ocean City Estuary or Marsh	179	3,666	38	162	106	106
Paradise Bay	178	884	41	134	87	144
Cape May Point State Park (West Cape May)	178	630	75	132	91	97
Cape May Point Beach (Lighthouse Pond)	171	493	55	108	69	128
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area (Lido Pond (historical))	170	664	55	104	50	125
South Harbor	167	860	58	121	73	116
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area (Sassafras Island)	164	149	19	125	95	95
Norburys Landing	162	667	69	94	74	116
Cape May Point State Park (southwest)	162	175	69	116	84	108
Thorofare Island	160	2,059	85	98	76	126
Reeds Beach	158	1,032	99	121	70	77
Cape May City Beach or Boardwalk	157	1,295	51	87	57	129
Cape May Point Beach (northwest)	157	229	41	72	76	122
Cape May Point Beach (2)	156	443	41	86	59	114
Pierces Point Pond	154	363	72	85	97	103
Lake Lily (Lighthouse Pond)	153	335	43	92	39	119
Cooks Beach	152	1,270	64	129	72	51
Beaver Swamp Wildlife Management Area	149	327	27	128	80	47
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area (east)	148	420	47	117	71	118
Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management Area (Kimseytown)	145	335	30	132	50	101
Belleplain State Forest (southeast)	144	838	15	141	74	31
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area (Daveys Lake)	142	127	58	61	33	94