Birding spots · Rhode Island

Best Birding Spots in Newport County, Rhode Island

Beavertail Point leads Newport County's birding spots with 214 species reported, best in fall. 67 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
Beavertail Point	214	2,620	108	108	85	172
Gardiner Pond (Paradise Rocks)	206	2,016	95	158	106	137
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge	201	3,685	109	135	118	146
Fisherman's (Graves Point)	177	741	76	89	84	139
Quicksand Pond	164	309	71	73	81	125
Gardiner Pond	160	2,688	82	99	95	100
Breakwater Point	158	234	58	65	83	103
Sapowet Marsh Management Area	150	640	77	100	78	94
Coasters Harbor	138	1,482	25	136	33	50
Emilie Ruecker Wildlife Refuge	120	409	70	87	62	55
Briggs Marsh/Truesdale Beach Fee	120	287	41	97	63	51
Fort Getty Road	120	265	61	50	25	88
Hodgkiss Farm	118	696	51	86	70	48
Easton Pond	113	983	73	65	50	82
Fisherman's	113	840	52	49	69	71
Cedar Swamp	110	294	44	94	80	40
South Shore Beach	110	232	53	56	55	66
Cananicut Island Sanctuary	110	210	13	80	54	73
Toste Farm	110	92	42	83	40	51
Gardiner Pond (Hanging Rock)	108	272	82	36	22	62
Briggs Marsh	104	223	38	0	73	37
Sheep Point Cove	101	449	50	59	65	58
Quick/Goose	99	174	10	78	71	28
Melville Ponds	99	116	42	74	40	34
Round Pond	97	82	47	32	7	80
Town Pond	96	262	52	73	50	51
Fort Adams	95	318	76	50	33	41
Watch House Pond	86	155	40	48	52	35
Racquet Road Thicket	83	199	26	60	55	53
Round Swamp	82	310	50	67	5	18
Island Park Beach	81	349	54	52	27	47
Second Beach	78	254	18	35	44	43
Ferolbink - Peckham	78	170	38	50	33	31
Lawton Valley Reservoir	77	236	64	40	0	8
Perry	77	111	41	34	15	61
Jamestown	76	148	51	44	35	19
Saint Marys Pond	76	127	58	44	0	51
North Main Road	75	325	45	51	40	51
Ocean Drive Marsh	75	250	29	53	48	35
Easton Beach	74	195	16	29	50	43
Battery Lane	74	87	9	26	26	57
Wanton Cove	74	53	17	65	38	1
Newport Neck	72	118	15	48	25	50
Goose Neck Cove	70	198	24	29	46	26
Quicksand Pond/Goosewing Beach Fee	70	92	45	35	22	42
Fogland Beach Conservation Area	68	112	28	33	35	45
Bay Islands	68	52	0	0	62	15
Green End Pond	65	116	40	27	12	22
Sisson Pond	64	64	55	21	0	37
Nonquit Realty / TOSC	64	60	2	58	33	13