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Best Birding Spots in Chester County, Pennsylvania

Marsh Creek State Park leads Chester County's birding spots with 210 species reported, best in spring. 147 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
Marsh Creek State Park	210	3,448	105	183	107	161
Hibernia County Park (Water Resource Authority)	194	2,467	104	147	85	160
Exton Park	193	4,380	92	162	115	153
Struble Lake	189	1,527	109	151	92	143
Chester County Water Resources Authority Land	180	1,047	87	149	99	128
ChesLen Preserve	177	2,150	83	161	96	139
Marsh Creek State Park (Milford Mills)	176	1,495	96	150	86	114
Hibernia County Park	164	1,288	68	135	85	125
Westtown Lake	152	491	72	109	64	109
Marsh Creek State Park (Dorlan)	150	399	51	118	84	105
Pine Creek	148	1,136	70	126	98	121
Marsh Creek State Park (Black Horse Creek)	145	1,274	63	114	74	107
Bryn Coed Preserve	142	1,440	73	116	76	95
Black Rock Sanctuary	142	1,275	61	117	79	105
Coatesville Reservoir	142	1,117	85	84	65	101
Rushton Woods Preserve	142	1,045	43	110	81	132
Stroud Preserve	140	741	62	115	80	96
Pickering Preserve - Charlestown	137	1,023	39	136	78	75
Sgl 043	137	593	50	124	90	67
West South Street Baseball Fields	136	780	58	112	72	91
Ellis Woods Park and Nature Trail	136	356	55	116	66	109
Warwick County Park	134	660	48	114	86	95
Binky Lee Preserve	133	908	62	113	80	101
Nueva Esperanza Property Acquisition	133	554	50	124	73	93
Hibernia County Park (Water Resource Authority) (Martins Corner)	133	352	53	95	61	88
Longwood Gardens	129	1,534	54	109	75	94
Valley Forge National Historical Park (Mount Joy)	129	630	47	107	75	78
Goat Hill Serpentine Barrens	128	430	52	94	82	87
Okehocking Preserve	127	548	40	97	77	108
The Laurels Preserve	127	269	53	93	76	84
Glennville	126	779	54	89	87	85
Kirkwood Preserve	125	466	51	96	61	93
Wilson Tract	124	734	53	91	73	99
Nottingham County Park	124	356	62	93	70	72
Welkenweir	123	242	46	93	71	85
Cromby	121	629	64	91	76	88
Thomas P. Bentley Nature Preserve	121	468	50	88	75	87
Cedar Hollow Preserve	121	459	34	62	69	110
Ashbridge Preserve	121	384	45	100	68	78
Wolf's Hollow County Park	120	306	51	100	66	80
White Clay Creek Preserve (East Branch White Clay Creek)	119	458	46	98	79	92
Chandler Mill Nature Preserve	117	515	53	83	67	80
Willisbrook Preserve	116	552	54	93	72	77
Shaw's Bridge Park	115	275	44	85	72	80
Weatherstone Open Space	112	725	55	41	62	86
Radio Tower Property	111	529	50	91	62	75
Pickering Creek Open Space	110	304	40	79	64	86
Wineberry Open Space	109	147	48	73	65	87
George Lorimer Preserver	108	262	44	73	72	78
Springton Manor Park	108	188	39	88	63	65