Birding spots · New Jersey

Best Birding Spots in Mercer County, New Jersey

Mercer County Park leads Mercer County's birding spots with 189 species reported, best in spring. 58 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
Mercer County Park	189	1,500	99	149	90	130
Rosedale Park	187	6,841	95	164	122	153
J A Roebling Memorial Park	183	2,271	98	159	83	141
Institute Woods	168	3,190	70	157	94	132
Veterans Park	159	1,029	73	123	91	119
Dam Site 21	159	688	83	113	61	119
Indian Lake	155	1,531	69	128	81	86
Carnegie Lake	155	1,444	84	116	72	108
Baldpate Mountain	151	1,816	48	141	101	104
Rosedale Lake	145	761	71	117	73	96
Stony Brook Watershed Reserve	143	726	67	126	81	97
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (Fiddlers Creek)	140	636	32	122	87	85
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park	138	809	56	119	77	69
Heathcote Brook	131	777	62	92	75	100
Mt Rose Preserve	127	497	53	101	74	91
Mercer County Park (Lawrence)	127	180	47	94	52	74
Saint Michaels	126	613	56	102	77	89
Mountain Lakes	125	345	47	97	69	74
Etra Lake	121	490	67	82	48	58
Stony Brook Greenway	121	454	51	92	68	94
Carnegie Lake (Penns Neck)	118	594	64	94	57	82
Sturgeon Pond (Biles Island Channel)	117	215	73	80	31	77
Rosedale Lake (Curlis Lake)	114	341	51	81	71	80
Curlis Lake	112	150	50	93	56	51
Baldwin Lake Wildlife Management Area	111	257	49	93	51	63
Johnson Avenue Trolley Line	109	231	38	98	55	78
J A Roebling Memorial Park (Rowan Lake (historical))	105	176	46	85	49	57
Scudder Plaza	93	1,314	41	70	38	57
Saint Michaels (northeast)	90	148	36	73	42	50
Carson Road Woods	89	135	51	51	41	48
Sturgeon Pond	88	539	83	43	6	25
Washington Crossing State Park	88	198	39	60	61	35
Mt Rose Preserve (Mount Rose)	87	279	44	59	42	48
Sayen Park Botanical Garden	85	148	29	74	32	57
Brearley Tract	83	71	34	64	46	23
Duck Pond Park	78	71	16	42	21	59
Washington Crossing State Park (Bear Tavern)	75	81	28	44	30	47
Herrontown Woods	74	147	36	64	28	48
Colonial Lake Park	71	219	31	44	39	48
Highfields Preserve	71	68	30	60	17	17
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (Thorton Creek)	68	122	36	43	33	29
Sylva Lake	67	130	29	56	38	39
Laurie Trails	61	76	29	50	25	24
Drexel Woods	60	65	4	45	25	16
Community Park North	60	55	0	0	47	30
Princeton Battlefield State Park	54	73	14	18	40	16
Trenton Channel	53	100	34	35	3	9
Eilers Corner	46	136	39	31	0	0
Grovers Mill Pond	46	74	23	23	11	12
Birding spot near Hopewell (southeast)	114	131	36	94	67	76