Birding spots · Ohio

Best Birding Spots in Wayne County, Ohio

Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area leads Wayne County's birding spots with 227 species reported, best in spring. 41 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
Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area	227	2,649	83	190	126	169
Mohicanville Reservoir	221	4,208	89	179	149	165
Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area (Dush Pond)	193	983	95	156	107	127
Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area	183	1,125	64	166	96	121
Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area (Big Hollow)	173	322	42	158	74	121
Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area (Stringtown)	171	835	65	155	87	86
Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area (south)	161	1,081	91	140	96	82
Killbuck Swamp (Kauke)	154	475	50	141	77	81
Wooster Memorial Park	146	810	44	113	101	119
Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area (north)	144	459	43	135	79	71
Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area (northwest)	136	393	70	118	70	51
Killbuck Swamp	133	862	81	108	31	68
Dush Pond	130	782	60	117	73	51
Styx River	127	357	39	117	71	87
Mohicanville Reservoir (Horace (historical))	122	465	38	114	39	16
Sylvan Lake	120	1,009	61	71	61	82
Mohicanville Reservoir (Craigton)	117	388	45	96	65	59
Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area (Kauke)	110	153	62	77	17	33
Shreve Lake Wildlife Area	103	204	19	82	40	37
Brown's Lake Bog Fee	102	236	26	88	54	37
Killbuck Swamp (Stringtown)	92	54	34	59	26	23
Dush Pond (west)	87	68	21	69	29	18
Oakhill Park	85	171	27	57	58	46
Dush Pond (northwest)	82	225	48	57	5	19
Johnson Woods Dedicated Nature Preserve	82	172	33	71	33	23
Rogue Hollow	60	65	10	34	35	34
Schellin Park	45	206	26	24	16	13
D J Hard Tennis Courts	41	142	20	22	19	19
Madison Hill	38	84	21	26	11	25
Birding spot near Wooster	194	1,413	94	163	89	109
Birding spot near Rittman	193	2,002	74	146	108	151
Birding spot near Wooster (northeast)	129	770	45	112	76	85
Birding spot near New Pittsburg	117	174	31	94	31	65
Birding spot near Shreve	92	501	26	81	9	62
Birding spot near Kidron	91	93	27	78	17	53
Birding spot near Wooster (Parkview)	86	150	19	65	30	58
Birding spot near Wooster (northwest)	79	146	33	63	47	39
Birding spot near Wooster (Clear Creek)	72	80	19	43	34	28
Birding spot near Orrville	69	84	8	61	16	0
Birding spot near Dalton	58	463	24	36	38	13
Birding spot near Shreve (west)	40	148	0	30	30	13