Birding spots · New York

Best Birding Spots in Wayne County, New York

Beechwood State Park leads Wayne County's birding spots with 215 species reported, best in spring. 48 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
Beechwood State Park	215	1,500	77	196	126	163
Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area	204	1,324	58	178	144	166
Montezuma Wetlands - Carncross Salt Marsh Preserve	203	1,535	61	188	100	80
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (Willow Grove)	173	872	33	129	120	123
Northern Montezuma Wma (Crusoe Creek)	170	447	29	154	114	56
Maxwell Bay	169	389	31	151	79	75
Northern Montezuma Wma	166	969	56	132	112	121
Crusoe Lake	165	1,016	45	126	109	115
Chimney Bluffs State Park	165	366	44	148	71	75
Cornwall Preserve	162	405	45	138	64	103
Town of Ontario Land	161	843	65	130	60	95
Lake Shore Marshes Wma	156	331	44	145	54	48
Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area (north)	149	502	21	110	83	92
Port Bay	142	301	58	107	56	71
Northern Montezuma Wma (Savannah)	140	410	12	122	86	67
Lake Shore Marshes Wma (Black Creek)	130	165	33	129	29	23
Town of Ontario Land (south)	127	364	24	118	67	55
Sawmill Cove	125	444	62	90	54	75
Northern Montezuma Wma (northwest)	124	286	8	106	59	39
Lake Shore Marshes Wma (Sodus Creek)	119	138	25	98	43	54
Beechwood State Park (Sprong Bluff)	113	244	42	92	69	61
Salmon Creek	105	360	47	69	47	49
Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area (Black Creek)	105	194	8	63	80	36
Mud Pond	104	144	17	95	68	26
Sodus Point	99	211	26	49	48	67
Town of Walworth Land	97	204	29	71	57	66
Sawmill Cove (Third Creek)	96	102	5	83	53	27
County of Wayne Forman Pk Land	95	175	29	69	42	53
Lake Shore Marshes Wma (Little Creek)	93	113	26	74	32	29
Huckleberry Swamp	89	151	0	86	56	26
Lake Shore Marshes Wma (Resort)	79	223	36	63	14	43
Briscoe Cove	69	94	49	43	11	4
Ganargua Creek Meadow Preserve	69	76	21	53	37	22
Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area (Savannah)	61	77	0	45	4	26
Lake Shore Marshes Wma (Mudge Creek)	59	55	9	44	18	13
County of Wayne Land	58	64	6	37	46	22
Evans Corner	57	101	0	52	14	0
Northern Montezuma Wma (west)	52	80	0	40	1	13
Erie Canal (west 3)	48	138	4	36	29	6
Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area (South Butler)	48	59	1	37	16	4
Birding spot near Sodus Point	211	3,228	84	170	105	137
Birding spot near Savannah (northeast)	134	253	5	100	73	89
Birding spot near Savannah	128	739	2	113	86	18
Birding spot near Savannah (east)	124	324	41	82	37	69
Birding spot near Savannah (Willow Grove)	115	128	41	69	38	54
Birding spot near Sodus	100	356	0	62	58	46
Birding spot near Savannah (Fort Hill)	71	60	3	40	38	30
Birding spot near Savannah (Crane Brook)	52	65	19	43	0	4