Birding spots · Ohio

Best Birding Spots in Richland County, Ohio

Ahrens Lake leads Richland County's birding spots with 174 species reported, best in spring. 43 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
Ahrens Lake	174	849	61	150	88	95
Lexington Community Park	167	502	61	139	86	98
Clear Fork Reservoir (west)	164	496	60	136	68	91
Pleasant Hill Lake (southwest)	147	398	70	116	50	84
Clear Fork Reservoir (west 3)	146	379	54	113	69	101
Pleasant Hill Lake (Switzer Creek)	142	355	55	82	74	106
Malabar Farm State Park	142	325	47	112	84	96
Gorman Nature Center	141	988	50	121	75	114
Clear Fork Reservoir	125	561	39	102	75	71
Pleasant Hill Lake (Saint Johns (historical))	125	185	44	94	42	74
Alta	115	155	23	97	46	34
Clear Fork Reservoir (northwest)	115	154	50	86	46	36
Pleasant Hill Lake	112	444	47	75	39	76
Ahrens Lake (south)	103	189	41	67	26	59
Clear Fork Reservoir (south)	82	107	35	43	26	12
Charles Mill Lake (Sites Lake Cottage Area)	79	128	44	54	22	45
Fowler Woods Dedicated Nature Preserve	79	109	19	67	28	15
Fox Glen Park	79	92	27	60	7	37
Shelby Upground Reservoir Number Two	74	213	28	37	25	47
South Park	49	55	19	39	6	22
Lexington	49	53	22	27	17	21
Gorman Nature Center (Hanley Village)	45	399	29	29	17	24
Birding spot near Lexington (northeast)	158	429	27	151	61	72
Birding spot near Mansfield	151	287	47	130	80	84
Birding spot near Ontario (southwest)	135	289	33	113	82	88
Birding spot near Lexington (Clear Fork Reservoir)	135	215	27	118	60	73
Birding spot near Lexington	121	668	69	76	53	96
Birding spot near Mifflin	115	275	54	88	74	40
Birding spot near Shelby	110	358	44	69	44	50
Birding spot near Ontario	107	522	33	82	62	65
Birding spot near Roseland (north)	105	106	30	85	69	39
Birding spot near Shelby (Marsh Run)	97	70	16	87	14	24
Birding spot near Lincoln Heights	93	151	28	62	54	57
Birding spot near Mifflin (northeast)	91	198	38	60	57	36
Birding spot near Bellville	91	65	27	67	67	39
Birding spot near Mifflin (north)	90	70	32	54	51	39
Birding spot near Roseland (Spring Mill)	84	140	22	48	38	58
Birding spot near Lexington (east)	83	221	25	59	44	31
Birding spot near Roseland	83	209	34	47	60	27
Birding spot near Butler	83	80	24	57	56	40
Birding spot near Mansfield (Spring Grove (historical))	69	111	25	47	38	18
Birding spot near Butler (Possum Run)	67	61	18	39	42	37
Birding spot near Mansfield (east)	31	88	24	16	12	28