Birding spots · North Carolina

Best Birding Spots in Brunswick County, North Carolina

Bald Head Island leads Brunswick County's birding spots with 146 species reported, best in spring. 44 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
Bald Head Island	146	518	78	108	54	97
Ferry Landing Park	142	416	81	100	67	117
The Millpond	129	367	61	90	62	92
Jinks Creek	127	863	61	87	87	95
Lockwoods Folly River	123	582	62	93	73	76
Green Swamp	115	595	33	95	77	47
Dead Backwater	115	266	58	74	56	72
Ocean Isle Beach	108	321	39	58	69	69
Waterfront Park	107	298	70	69	59	49
Sampson Pond	103	152	72	68	47	38
Genoes Point	92	68	51	64	39	41
Shallotte Inlet	90	99	21	61	34	56
Caswell Basin	90	86	68	36	35	23
Dutchman Creek Park	89	125	56	57	40	33
Town of Sunset Beach - Sunset Beach Park	79	174	38	48	45	49
Brunswick County Open Space	71	77	40	42	12	19
Bald Head Island State Natural Area	70	145	33	37	29	29
Price Creek (Deep Water Point)	69	105	26	38	24	23
Town of Holden Beach Open Space	68	86	1	30	61	7
May Moore Park	62	118	30	44	36	26
Oak Island	61	131	31	40	23	18
City of Boiling Spring Lakes - Boiling Spring Lakes Community Center	57	62	15	45	23	22
Cape Fear	55	125	19	35	17	24
Eastend Lake	37	50	27	13	3	10
Birding spot near Sunset Beach	151	786	95	105	78	99
Birding spot near Sunset Beach (Fox Creek)	139	593	88	81	69	92
Birding spot near Carolina Beach	132	334	80	93	63	69
Birding spot near Varnamtown	128	259	73	66	72	64
Birding spot near Ocean Isle Beach	127	390	61	74	20	104
Birding spot near Oak Island	117	284	63	93	57	48
Birding spot near Sunset Beach (The Big Narrows)	116	262	62	73	65	59
Birding spot near Boiling Spring Lakes	107	174	47	86	55	57
Birding spot near Oak Island (Long Beach)	101	191	57	69	47	66
Birding spot near Sunset Beach (northwest)	92	172	53	39	43	56
Birding spot near Holden Beach (Big Beach)	91	141	11	58	57	46
Birding spot near Caswell Beach	90	173	47	71	36	39
Birding spot near Leland	88	142	3	80	48	19
Birding spot near Oak Island (Big Bluff)	86	241	53	64	43	47
Birding spot near Leland (Rock Creek)	77	109	34	58	30	26
Birding spot near Belville	76	158	58	47	36	26
Birding spot near Caswell Beach (Calf Gully Creek)	76	95	54	48	39	40
Birding spot near Sunset Beach (Bald Beach)	74	163	27	41	23	43
Birding spot near Holden Beach	73	176	33	41	28	38
Birding spot near Southport	56	163	24	35	19	26