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Best Birding Spots in Hamilton County, Ohio

Fernald Preserve leads Hamilton County's birding spots with 225 species reported, best in spring. 98 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
Fernald Preserve	225	5,547	109	198	138	189
Otto Armleder Memorial Park	206	3,310	101	186	106	144
Fernald Preserve (southeast)	186	2,955	92	140	111	150
Miami Whitewater Forest	181	987	80	159	77	112
Otto Armleder Memorial Park (Duck Creek)	162	740	60	138	72	104
Sharon Woods	153	896	47	142	72	84
Fernald Preserve (south)	151	415	63	110	84	110
Grand Valley Preserve	148	707	74	99	73	101
Fernald Preserve (north)	147	390	70	102	83	101
Shawnee Lookout	146	689	49	139	81	112
Shawnee Lookout (Guards Island)	141	533	48	105	71	99
Spring Grove Cemertery	140	834	64	126	59	75
Francis Recreacres	139	1,043	48	111	75	114
Magrish Preserve	139	718	37	132	29	71
Burnet Woods	135	1,125	41	126	58	102
Glenwood Gardens	133	677	49	119	74	82
Shawnee Lookout (Fort Hill)	131	576	24	122	67	91
Avoca Park	130	494	43	120	49	73
Woodland Mound	129	441	51	104	61	99
Sharon Woods (southwest)	128	477	31	124	48	67
Sharon Woods Gorge Nature Preserve	125	442	27	125	55	47
Withrow Nature Preserve	124	504	29	120	70	70
Mariemont Gardens Park	122	314	41	103	68	84
Miami Whitewater Forest (south)	121	279	13	117	42	79
Ault Park	119	374	34	113	44	67
Mitchell Memorial Forest	119	346	38	108	47	77
Miami Whitewater Forest Lake	116	341	41	110	60	48
Kroger Hills State Reserve	115	280	49	95	63	64
Cleves Community Park	114	174	47	90	69	40
French Park	111	260	26	99	37	63
Miami Whitewater Forest Lake (northeast)	108	247	52	85	54	56
Winton Lake (Greenhills)	107	228	41	83	64	55
Little Miami Preserve	107	185	38	76	60	49
Mt. Airy Forest	106	175	40	98	37	53
Shawnee Lookout (northwest)	105	227	12	98	54	59
Smith Tract-Hcpd	102	168	42	87	62	25
Bramble Park (Madisonville)	101	151	34	82	6	69
Kellogg Avenue Park	100	346	57	66	34	37
Miami Whitewater Forest (south)	100	174	38	86	60	48
Shawnee Lookout (Finney)	99	142	18	88	35	56
Lake Isabella	98	458	49	87	44	43
Miami Whitewater Forest (Lee Creek)	98	92	11	82	24	34
Mt. Airy Forest (Mount Airy Center)	97	150	22	89	39	43
Winton Lake	93	267	57	59	41	50
Sharon Woods (Sharonville Retention Reservoir)	93	110	17	83	22	46
California Woods	89	243	26	82	31	35
Richardson Forest Preserve	89	73	28	64	34	30
Eden Park	87	170	30	75	42	37
Campbell Road Riparian Corridor Acquisition	87	159	46	70	54	22
Martin Marietta-Kilby Tract	85	58	37	67	51	35