Birding spots · Pennsylvania

Best Birding Spots in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum leads Philadelphia County's birding spots with 252 species reported, best in fall. 96 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	252	18,127	132	219	172	221
Pennypack Park	213	3,452	119	163	98	180
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park	211	4,155	106	188	101	177
Bartrams Park	184	2,108	89	150	93	140
Pennypack Park (Vereeville)	154	1,957	68	129	93	122
Glen Foerd	154	1,031	87	135	63	73
Houston Playground	153	2,488	65	134	92	130
Awbury Park	151	1,463	49	139	77	112
Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education	139	1,018	55	123	68	111
Morris Arboretum Park	139	1,002	56	105	72	119
East Park Reservoir	139	871	71	102	53	112
Southwest Schuylkill	136	2,009	55	124	61	97
Citizens Bank Acquisition	135	701	65	91	55	101
Tacony Creek Park	133	484	50	113	66	95
Carpenter's Woods Park	132	1,714	38	128	69	95
Fairmount Park	132	298	44	103	62	101
Centennial Lake	129	446	50	102	57	101
Cobbs Creek	128	252	55	97	61	85
Benjamin Rush State Park	127	519	61	88	56	98
Wissahickon Valley	125	720	55	84	72	103
Schuylkill Rowing Basin (Lemon Hill)	124	419	33	109	40	89
Upper Roxborough Reservoir	123	1,029	51	111	64	91
Schuylkill Rowing Basin	123	1,027	63	95	65	73
Fort Mifflin	121	305	52	91	69	47
East Park Reservoir (Centennial Lake)	119	359	48	105	56	72
Morris Park	113	420	44	106	63	87
Gustine Lake	111	410	35	100	55	66
Pleasant Hill Park	111	265	59	65	57	50
Poquessing Valley Park	111	118	50	90	57	79
Ritten House Square	108	1,716	29	93	34	71
Independance Mall	108	644	21	95	22	69
Wissahickon Valley (east)	108	248	35	98	59	61
Wissahickon Valley (Whitemarsh Woods)	107	408	37	84	58	74
Wissahickon Valley (Roxborough)	107	386	44	91	57	61
East Park Reservoir (Strawberry Mansion)	106	235	37	87	43	73
Cobbs Creek Park	104	415	41	92	51	60
Pennypack Park (Winchester Park)	104	190	40	90	61	51
Devils Pool	102	327	38	85	56	36
Temple University	100	1,147	29	75	32	78
Manayunk Canal	99	549	62	70	64	50
Wissahickon Valley (Allen Lane)	99	457	36	92	48	59
Wissahickon Valley (Alden Park Manor)	98	476	29	78	47	64
University of Pennsylvania	96	759	34	81	21	59
Lardner’s Point Park	96	227	49	53	42	68
Clifford Park	95	303	37	80	48	61
Wissahickon Valley (southeast)	92	179	40	68	54	53
Penn Treaty Park	90	400	37	73	33	46
Wissahickon Valley (Andorra)	90	141	33	78	43	29
Fisher Park	89	150	25	73	27	58
Pennypack Park (Rhawnhurst)	87	141	30	71	43	23