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Best Birding Spots in Butler County, Ohio

Gilmore Ponds Preserve Metropark leads Butler County's birding spots with 220 species reported, best in spring. 39 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
Gilmore Ponds Preserve Metropark	220	3,697	86	205	133	178
Voice of America Park	162	1,918	78	129	77	88
Fernald Preserve (north)	160	749	73	133	83	118
Riverside Natural Area	159	672	86	116	84	98
Hueston Woods State Park (Acton Lake)	158	360	75	140	49	69
Hueston Woods State Park (southeast)	153	723	22	144	59	119
Hueston Woods State Park (southeast)	141	383	67	97	43	83
William Harbin Park	115	291	32	110	49	52
Sater Run	101	165	36	91	64	34
Rentschler Forest Preserve	99	130	46	76	40	40
Indian Creek Preserve	94	194	21	76	51	53
Pater Wildlife Area	93	165	19	80	64	36
Black Bottom Park	92	387	72	51	25	37
Fritton Wildlife Preserve	89	113	30	77	40	29
Flockton	89	71	17	77	20	18
Thomas Marsh Park	83	258	54	55	20	39
Collins Creek	80	68	3	72	27	23
Peffer Park	68	91	24	51	33	33
Conrad Formal Gardens	67	156	32	63	6	20
Hannon Park	64	81	23	52	21	33
Dudley Woods Metropark	64	54	8	52	8	29
Joyce Park	63	131	49	18	15	21
Two Mile Reservoir	59	116	44	18	20	17
Birding spot near Beckett Ridge	204	1,866	68	177	100	126
Birding spot near Oxford	125	546	54	94	51	79
Birding spot near Millville	119	193	39	86	75	84
Birding spot near Trenton	110	260	56	78	49	59
Birding spot near Woodsdale	104	126	38	82	40	62
Birding spot near Beckett Ridge (east)	99	160	4	76	29	57
Birding spot near Middletown	93	131	46	40	37	36
Birding spot near Middletown (Eldorado)	79	83	24	70	14	20
Birding spot near Millville (east)	78	118	22	55	49	44
Birding spot near Jacksonburg	75	55	27	44	45	29
Birding spot near Oxford (north)	73	62	34	65	8	13
Birding spot near Hamilton	71	168	53	3	34	17
Birding spot near Oxford (northwest)	71	50	36	49	15	22
Birding spot near Ross	58	129	36	20	15	31
Birding spot near Oxford (west)	47	102	21	36	24	20
Birding spot near Beckett Ridge (southeast)	44	142	16	32	15	16