Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Richmond County, New York

Wolfe's Pond Park leads Richmond County's birding spots with 226 species reported, best in spring. 94 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
Wolfe's Pond Park	226	1,956	111	189	123	160
Conference House Park	221	1,273	88	173	115	175
Mount Loretto Unique Area	211	1,328	96	169	105	166
Gateway National Recreation Area (Bay Terrace)	207	1,470	110	164	108	144
Clove Lakes Park	183	3,301	80	164	97	145
Gateway National Recreation Area (New Dorp Beach)	174	1,537	70	95	96	137
Pralls Island	168	420	68	138	95	97
Gateway National Recreation Area (Oakwood Beach)	163	1,092	72	122	109	93
Brookfield Park	161	782	62	113	93	117
Vandeventers Point	161	712	83	110	66	107
Great Kills Park	160	994	73	130	97	95
Great Kills Harbor	159	476	74	91	88	113
Princes Bay	150	2,012	66	112	80	113
Freshkills Park	145	303	60	72	68	125
Lemon Creek Park (Princes Bay)	144	251	58	76	83	82
Long Pond (Pleasant Plains)	141	208	43	113	78	108
Willowbrook Park	131	493	53	112	40	84
High Rock Park	131	386	39	121	60	66
Goodhue Park	130	702	49	114	69	81
Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach	129	485	82	41	42	89
Silver Lake Park	127	596	67	106	54	92
Oakwood Beach	126	588	45	80	97	69
Snug Harbor Cultural Center	126	581	47	100	56	94
Great Kills Park (New Dorp Beach)	125	242	54	64	70	69
Walker Pond	120	353	63	74	53	70
Lemon Creek Park	117	427	48	75	63	51
Princes Bay (Pleasant Plains)	117	269	53	85	69	72
North Mount Loretto	117	207	37	105	43	58
Great Kills Park (northeast)	116	178	36	86	58	52
Great Kills Park (Oakwood Beach)	111	274	38	95	57	29
Blue Heron Park	109	459	52	98	42	71
Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach (Midland Beach)	105	332	56	45	57	58
Saw Mill Creek Marsh	104	225	38	79	58	45
Great Kills Harbor (Bay Terrace)	104	150	48	54	40	63
Princes Bay (Richmond Valley)	102	355	26	48	62	77
Ocean Breeze Park	102	140	36	70	50	56
Arbutus Lake	100	443	58	69	51	60
Goethals Pond	100	309	32	74	63	58
Wolfe's Pond Park (Huguenot Beach)	99	221	53	69	44	51
Gateway National Recreation Area (west)	98	183	44	39	60	41
Last Chance Pond Park	96	218	40	66	53	59
Goethals Pond Complex State Tidal Wetland	95	321	38	75	53	41
Old Place Creek Tidal Wetlands Area	94	342	39	61	55	45
Conference House Park (Red Bank Reach)	94	145	55	52	42	33
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve	93	198	24	61	59	45
Mill Creek	93	197	47	52	51	53
Clove Lakes Park (Valley Lake)	91	93	16	82	34	26
Valley Lake	90	622	37	78	42	51
LaTourette Park & Golf Course	90	100	17	61	39	51
Freshkills Park (Richmond Creek)	90	61	2	47	63	43