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Best Birding Spots in Erie County, Ohio

Pipe Creek Wilderness Area leads Erie County's birding spots with 230 species reported, best in spring. 53 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
Pipe Creek Wilderness Area	230	2,471	60	227	107	73
Sheldon Marsh Dedicated Nature Preserve	212	3,447	82	204	117	158
East Sandusky Bay	204	1,057	88	192	83	142
Old Woman Creek (Nerr) Dedicated Nature Preserve	179	1,193	59	159	88	114
Willow Point Wildlife Area	178	282	47	156	63	60
Wyandot Wetland Meadows Preserve	177	369	66	159	69	94
Main Street Beach	165	713	59	105	75	106
Huron Range	155	944	16	99	114	110
Dupont Marsh Dedicated Nature Preserve	150	178	46	124	43	47
Moxley Marsh	141	1,523	51	114	89	70
Sherod Park	136	433	50	82	50	105
Willow Point Wildlife Area (Springbrook)	136	269	16	66	80	87
Edison Woods Preserve	131	259	30	128	64	29
North Pond	129	179	6	87	55	88
Nickel Plate Beach Park	124	378	33	84	57	48
Osburn Park	117	291	43	106	47	43
Sheldon Marsh Dedicated Nature Preserve (Plum Brook)	113	511	58	80	27	51
Old Woman Creek (Nerr) Dedicated Nature Preserve (Oberlin Beach)	113	275	53	76	51	50
Kelleys Island State Park (North Bay)	110	102	0	87	44	69
East Sandusky Bay (Plum Brook)	110	101	27	100	11	29
Resthaven Wildlife Area	103	147	9	75	55	43
Kelleys Island State Park	101	127	6	73	53	40
Firelands Community Park	97	142	30	77	47	38
Kelleys Island State Park (North Pond)	95	78	0	61	48	34
Erie Sand Barrens Dedicated Nature Preserve	93	150	23	70	52	30
Main Street Beach (Huron River)	92	171	45	46	43	23
Blue Hole	91	1,348	73	49	26	34
Milan Wildlife Area	89	63	4	83	35	9
Castalia Quarry Reserve	85	101	30	77	25	15
Blue Hole (north)	80	132	48	57	6	11
Resthaven Wildlife Area (Castalia)	80	85	26	59	19	12
James H. McBride Arboretum	79	111	33	72	30	28
Kelleys Island State Park (southeast)	73	67	0	54	40	27
Blue Hole (Castalia)	72	172	12	53	48	7
Main Street Beach (Ontario Lagoon)	70	176	29	51	34	27
Edison Woods Preserve (Ogontz)	69	58	22	47	44	21
Resthaven Wildlife Area (northeast)	68	141	8	56	37	12
Milan	66	55	38	38	6	35
Castalia Quarry Reserve (north)	63	58	12	49	14	16
Bay View Fishing Pier	62	121	32	42	8	17
Lions Park	47	101	4	32	30	12
Cold Creek	44	66	44	0	0	0
Shelby Street Boat Ramp	43	165	16	29	20	12
Huron Fishing Access	41	78	18	27	16	11
Jackson Street Peir	25	69	10	13	11	7
Birding spot near Huron	129	128	43	115	35	18
Birding spot near Kelleys Island	104	63	0	84	0	49
Birding spot near Huron (southeast)	101	67	33	88	44	27
Birding spot near Bay View (southeast)	97	120	18	47	76	17
Birding spot near Milan	77	134	12	44	65	9