Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in Delaware County, Pennsylvania

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum (Long Hook Creek) leads Delaware County's birding spots with 195 species reported, best in spring. 74 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
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum (Long Hook Creek)	195	1,975	95	172	99	148
Ridley Creek State Park	147	1,537	55	124	103	116
Springton Reservoir	146	1,438	80	92	67	101
Ridley Creek State Park (Hunting Hill)	146	1,073	45	134	89	104
Tyler Arboretum	136	1,631	65	114	79	111
Crum Creek Reservoir	135	1,947	76	102	68	94
Hildacy Farm Preserve	129	768	57	103	67	92
The Willows Park	129	549	52	97	62	102
Faulkner Tennis Courts	128	1,273	50	110	62	78
Elwell Field	127	1,157	47	100	58	99
Chester Park	126	397	31	114	63	83
Brandywine Conservancy Property	124	318	47	86	71	106
Municipal Land	123	628	56	81	52	106
Smedley Park	123	422	47	66	68	110
Taylor Memorial Arboretum	122	316	29	113	35	77
Middletown Open Space	120	275	57	90	58	83
First State National Historical Park	115	157	35	96	65	69
Brandywine Conservancy Property (Ring Run)	112	313	47	88	66	83
Haverford Reserve	108	430	48	104	55	71
Municipal Land (Lewis Run)	108	172	39	68	52	83
Newlin Grist Mill Park	106	414	48	88	59	75
Rose Tree Park	105	652	27	43	39	97
Houston Park	101	241	32	97	34	29
McClure Park	99	541	55	70	42	39
Pennock Woods	93	272	41	83	40	58
Governor Printz Park	91	739	46	64	56	45
Brookwood - Lavin Tract	89	153	43	69	18	64
Brinton Lake	86	191	40	63	36	4
Clayton Park (Garnet Oaks)	86	111	35	52	42	55
Walsh Park	85	293	27	71	35	59
Brinton Run Preserve	85	97	38	55	42	61
Clayton Park	83	186	36	58	34	61
Smedley Park (Pine Ridge Run)	83	161	29	69	34	34
Ridley Creek State Park (Big Run)	83	100	28	52	42	51
Wawa Preserve	82	127	37	56	48	48
Glen Providence Park	81	243	41	70	24	32
Kids Dream Playground	81	239	38	52	33	63
Middletown Open Space (Darlington Valley)	81	102	28	62	39	35
Springfield	79	813	37	61	43	50
Sleighton Park	77	83	39	41	33	58
Louis Scott Park	76	99	22	66	30	26
Chester Creek Rail Trail	76	96	32	49	45	44
Club Lake	75	178	0	60	50	41
Waterloo Mills Preserve (Aronwold)	73	58	40	49	30	36
Cunningham Fields	67	352	29	56	35	31
East Lake Park	63	164	17	37	48	31
Indian Orchard Park	58	52	27	33	15	35
Furness Park	57	68	18	44	14	20
Tinicum Island (historical)	54	396	24	37	34	14
Reeses Run	53	105	31	33	17	18