Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in Berks County, Pennsylvania

Lake Ontelaunee leads Berks County's birding spots with 177 species reported, best in spring. 80 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
Lake Ontelaunee	177	1,782	92	156	92	124
New Kernsville Lake	162	1,218	70	139	88	113
Hopewell Lake	155	935	70	129	87	100
Lake Ontelaunee (Peters Creek)	155	845	72	126	68	83
Bailey Creek	151	459	62	126	65	85
Kernsville Dam Recreational Area	148	936	55	128	77	104
Union Twp. Recreation Area	148	729	66	124	82	119
Lake Ontelaunee (Peters Creek Spring)	148	491	60	138	65	59
State Game Land 280	148	369	58	118	78	93
Blue Marsh Lake Stilling Basin	141	448	60	99	80	74
State Game Land 106	141	426	26	134	81	59
Dry Brooks Day-Use Area	139	1,039	82	93	59	73
Blue Marsh Lake	129	676	76	103	55	68
Green Hills Preserve	127	559	61	102	74	91
Kaerchers Creek Lake	121	446	48	99	71	67
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	119	278	39	97	73	75
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (Cobble)	117	1,224	27	84	48	97
Antietam Lake Park	117	515	36	90	82	97
Moselem Creek	117	173	39	92	44	66
Hamburg Reservoir	116	434	21	102	71	51
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (North Lookout)	114	547	6	65	54	91
Yelenoc Acquisition (previously was Sheeder)	114	323	45	94	72	57
Berks County Park	114	249	21	102	69	58
Reedy Spring	111	1,113	81	91	42	64
Berks Nature Angelica Creek Park	111	416	51	88	59	68
Daniel Boone Lake	110	441	52	73	56	86
Kutztown Elementary School	110	301	41	103	37	53
Sgl 110	110	205	11	102	56	33
Sgl 110 (south)	108	148	1	102	42	7
North Park (Mill Creek)	107	373	42	99	46	51
Bernhart's Dam Park	107	257	33	79	66	60
Goose Run Park	107	207	41	90	62	63
Shillington Memorial Park	106	1,192	48	89	58	76
William Penn State Forest	106	199	25	85	42	81
Trout Run Park	105	192	35	97	36	34
State Game Land 280 (north)	103	147	44	65	58	52
Schuylkill Canal	102	141	43	80	65	63
Schuylkill River Greenways Property	102	115	43	86	52	43
Lake Ontelaunee (Berkley)	99	172	47	72	55	53
Mount Penn Preserve	97	234	0	69	52	79
Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center	96	395	30	84	44	41
Lake Ontelaunee (Bailey Creek)	94	86	17	80	51	35
Wyomissing Creek Trail	93	464	43	80	49	46
State Game Land 106 (Eckville)	90	137	15	44	58	61
Neversink Mountain Preserve	89	65	3	78	43	19
Green Hills Preserve (Green Hills Lake)	88	80	34	61	53	52
Union Canal Trail	87	200	44	73	52	49
Hamburg Borough Pool	83	470	12	61	59	46
Blue Marsh Lake (Mount Pleasant)	83	74	7	64	59	19
Pa-476 Reservoir	82	146	32	43	66	30