Birding spots · North Carolina

Best Birding Spots in Currituck County, North Carolina

Tar Cove Marsh leads Currituck County's birding spots with 167 species reported, best in fall. 15 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
Tar Cove Marsh	167	640	90	109	86	122
Currituck County - Currituck Heritage Park	161	572	76	103	87	124
Back Creek	159	467	86	109	104	95
Musketo Inlet	140	565	51	99	90	83
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge	140	224	65	96	77	81
Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary	113	216	33	67	66	54
Currituck County - Currituck Heritage Park (Corolla)	111	111	25	47	49	83
Whale Head Bay	98	112	35	44	42	54
Currituck Banks Component of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve	81	171	18	38	61	25
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge (Morse Point)	78	156	55	22	18	28
Currituck County - Currituck Heritage Park (Whole Head Bay)	76	57	18	37	49	27
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge (Corys)	70	130	36	17	20	44
Sand Ridge	70	74	0	48	48	7
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge (Knotts Island)	60	107	33	31	12	37
Halls Harbor	49	154	48	0	0	0