Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Bronx County, New York

Turtle Cove leads Bronx County's birding spots with 225 species reported, best in fall. 36 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
Turtle Cove	225	1,253	109	154	130	179
Pelham Bay Park	198	1,199	79	152	112	160
Hunter Island	174	1,147	96	152	76	118
Orchard Beach	174	903	88	111	82	116
Turtle Cove (Rodman Neck)	172	1,187	73	123	100	136
Van Cortlandt Park	168	856	82	125	61	135
Van Cortlandt Park (northeast)	167	705	79	122	67	126
Bronx Park	144	2,139	70	120	73	104
Bronx Park (Cope Lake)	142	1,572	61	131	73	109
Twin Island	141	553	80	107	63	82
Pelham Bay (Orchard Beach)	132	224	60	72	60	94
Ferry Point Park	130	309	51	64	66	103
Woodlawn Lake	127	386	42	110	50	94
Pelham Bay	124	369	45	68	67	83
Van Cortlandt Park (Van Cortlandt Lake)	121	371	63	88	40	79
Soundview Park	121	165	61	79	61	64
Pelham Bay Park (Orchard Beach)	120	232	50	70	63	74
Wave Hill	115	429	48	90	48	86
Jerome Park Reservoir	111	422	41	56	54	79
Crotona Park	111	178	29	103	24	64
Pelham Bay Park (Goose Island)	105	149	44	55	73	47
Pelham Bay Park (north)	103	128	28	63	46	66
Franz Sigel Park	99	251	28	63	25	86
Van Cortlandt Park (Woodlawn)	90	135	17	78	19	60
Van Cortlandt Park (Lowerre)	86	117	17	76	29	19
Turtle Cove (Middle Rock)	86	53	40	23	14	52
Pugsley Creek Park	82	74	32	57	25	47
Rodman Neck	79	67	58	45	2	0
Riverdale Park	76	90	23	56	19	25
Starlight Park	64	68	21	37	21	36
Belden Point	60	218	31	37	29	32
Macombs Dam Park	55	244	12	34	23	34
Middle Rock	45	52	23	17	17	6
Concrete Plant Park	45	52	9	20	24	18
Seton Park	40	241	40	0	0	0
Birding spot near Saddle Rock	49	133	32	18	25	15