Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Chautauqua County, New York

Sheridan leads Chautauqua County's birding spots with 160 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
Sheridan	160	411	47	136	73	92
Lake Erie State Park	148	473	43	126	67	111
Point Gratiot Park	146	603	34	136	61	97
Barcelona	143	1,044	58	95	80	89
Watts Wma	143	256	13	136	66	41
Canadaway Creek Wma	132	359	25	123	90	82
Boutwell Hill State Forest	120	156	5	96	92	67
Middle Lake	117	165	48	89	43	58
Whitney Bay	116	209	20	85	55	66
Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy Land	112	301	14	76	58	63
Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua	111	152	21	91	61	57
Alder Bottom Wma	104	109	9	87	64	29
Clay Pond Wma	97	162	2	72	51	35
Chautauqua	93	378	9	59	59	35
Mud Lake (Upper Lake)	90	61	0	81	45	23
Wright Park	89	313	21	59	35	39
Van Buren Bay	88	189	12	66	32	19
Hatch Creek State Forest	88	89	11	63	63	23
Boutwell Hill State Forest (northwest)	86	68	0	60	60	27
Eagle Bay	84	118	21	56	26	32
North Harmony State Forest	81	55	3	63	55	24
Village of Celoron Land	77	418	45	67	23	36
Chautauqua Lake Park	77	208	23	50	42	39
Chautauqua Lake Fish and Wildlife Management Area	77	128	11	64	37	39
Canadaway Creek Nature Sanctuary	76	78	16	63	44	27
Town of Ellicott Land	74	136	9	29	32	58
Harris Hill State Forest	72	68	9	36	50	32
Cheney Point	71	70	4	63	14	12
Sunset Bay State Marine Park	70	113	22	36	43	27
Arnold Bay	68	86	4	46	35	29
Chautauqua Creek	65	63	0	43	46	18
Village of Mayville Land	58	95	16	40	16	27
Beach	56	72	12	47	14	10
Ashville Bay	56	70	6	34	24	14
Burtis Bay	54	104	19	35	9	34
Birding spot near Frewsburg	169	815	55	159	109	103
Birding spot near Dunkirk	165	2,203	70	111	94	122
Birding spot near Sherman	145	162	14	121	74	55
Birding spot near Dunkirk (east)	143	1,206	63	113	87	85
Birding spot near Panama	139	283	11	113	95	92
Birding spot near Jamestown	129	420	49	115	53	62
Birding spot near Fredonia (southwest)	123	587	41	110	54	51
Birding spot near Bemus Point	121	281	21	93	72	33
Birding spot near Brocton	115	191	10	108	74	48
Birding spot near Dunkirk (Scott Creek)	112	194	11	99	52	45
Birding spot near Sherman (north)	104	52	1	88	45	28
Birding spot near Fredonia	102	968	27	91	55	60
Birding spot near Celoron	99	438	27	72	59	36
Birding spot near Falconer	99	271	25	88	67	44
Birding spot near Kennedy	98	234	10	80	76	49