Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Nassau County, New York

West End leads Nassau County's birding spots with 264 species reported, best in fall. 122 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
West End	264	5,580	143	194	130	215
Jones Bay	252	6,605	137	179	131	203
Jones Beach State Park	225	1,378	126	157	114	173
Parsonage Cove	212	5,941	102	171	123	164
Donald F Browne RVC Park	192	3,774	87	178	104	144
Lido Beach State Tidal Wetland	190	2,631	59	165	114	139
Nassau Beach County Park	186	3,307	77	114	117	123
Hempstead Lake State Park	181	1,640	84	162	85	127
John F Kennedy Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary	173	507	69	126	67	120
Sands Point County Park	167	1,059	71	140	97	130
Hempstead Lake State Park (Hempstead Gardens)	159	620	79	125	87	114
Massapequa County Preserve	158	1,112	80	131	71	113
Welwyn County Preserve	157	673	69	130	93	131
Cow Meadow County Park	146	530	44	109	91	93
Millpond County Park	142	1,381	87	119	64	97
Valley Stream State Park	139	700	47	130	40	84
Merrick Road Town Park and Golf Course	138	624	63	102	70	82
Garvies Point County Preserve	137	826	55	112	83	117
Pond Park	136	548	26	119	41	92
Massapequa County Preserve (Massapequa Lake)	135	707	76	102	58	94
Jones Bay (Short Beach Island)	134	373	58	64	75	80
Upper Francis Pond	133	779	53	92	61	111
Point Lookout Town Park	129	1,197	81	68	29	97
St. John's Pond Preserve	128	516	51	92	67	77
Shu Swamp Nature Preserve	122	566	64	106	54	69
Tobay Beach Park	121	279	67	74	33	66
Zachs Bay	119	656	83	68	47	57
Massapequa County Preserve (Massapequa Park)	118	433	61	91	47	74
Tackapausha County Preserve	117	291	50	91	55	74
TOWN of HEMPSTEAD Land	116	882	85	62	28	76
Hall/Wood Wentworth Estate	115	418	44	110	53	46
Morgan Days Park	112	537	80	83	48	62
Jones Beach State Park (east)	112	160	48	51	48	69
Leeds Pond County Preserve	111	238	51	78	48	74
VILLAGE of KINGS POINT Land	109	220	40	88	39	53
INC VILLAGE of LYNBROOK Land	108	449	51	90	50	57
TOWN of OYSTER BAY Land	108	310	48	49	47	79
Unqua Lake	106	302	48	81	44	83
Hope G. Iselin Preserve	104	325	27	85	65	57
East Creek	104	93	40	39	57	49
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	103	181	35	64	51	53
Stillwell Woods County Park	101	297	47	61	32	68
Kentuck Pond	100	302	39	89	40	45
North Woodmere County Park	100	153	42	72	50	45
Grist Mill Pond County Preserve	99	346	38	75	61	49
Seaman Pond	97	370	57	72	46	49
Marina West Town Boat Launch	95	402	46	47	41	69
Lower Francis Pond	94	301	42	78	51	57
Ridder Pond	93	689	36	63	48	68
TOWN of NORTH HEMPSTEAD Land	93	131	52	52	36	56