Birding spots · South Carolina

Best Birding Spots in Charleston County, South Carolina

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park leads Charleston County's birding spots with 240 species reported, best in fall. 113 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
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park	240	3,372	146	160	121	214
Hog Island	223	1,188	142	133	97	182
Santee River Basin Megasite	220	1,240	149	185	113	170
Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve	207	1,859	123	155	109	180
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (Charleston, South Carolina)	193	1,378	129	159	110	145
Caw Caw Interpretive Center	190	4,450	123	162	116	167
The Cove	188	3,344	126	141	113	153
The Cove (Fort Moultrie)	187	1,023	81	129	84	158
Greenway Plantation Pond	178	671	120	141	98	121
Bull Island	171	278	108	120	50	125
Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site	167	762	100	122	99	139
Camp Saint Christopher	161	367	101	118	70	100
Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge (east)	153	290	102	118	60	109
James Island County Park	151	900	98	110	75	108
Francis Marion National Forest (Tibwin)	143	143	72	104	60	70
West Ashley Greenway	142	543	96	104	85	103
Middleton Lake	142	418	77	65	63	116
Sewee Bay	142	398	81	102	70	86
Sullivan's Island Sand Dunes (Sullivans Island)	142	261	95	92	51	98
Middleton Lake (northwest)	131	81	64	39	54	102
West Ashley Park	127	416	78	89	56	104
Shem Creek Boardwalk	126	854	92	88	72	81
Fort Lamar Heritage Preserve	125	491	39	54	41	115
Seabrook Island	125	331	75	86	65	85
Bluehouse Swamp	124	501	77	95	57	98
Fort Johnson Marine Resources Center	124	472	79	85	45	57
Folly Beach County Park	122	523	68	85	54	74
Sullivan's Island Sand Dunes	120	266	76	82	59	66
Breach Inlet	119	838	84	66	65	65
Captain Sams Inlet	117	424	74	84	59	77
Brittlebank Park	114	239	57	90	57	50
Moccasin Pond	112	52	67	65	16	58
Melton P Demetre Park	110	270	69	62	26	59
Roxbury Park	110	129	76	86	45	59
Francis Marion National Forest (northeast)	108	184	45	81	56	38
Seabrook Beach	107	125	53	73	40	52
Laurel Hill County Park	106	171	71	71	26	64
Snowden	101	738	66	65	26	71
Sewee Bay (Hickory Bay)	99	241	50	69	42	58
Wannamaker Park	99	237	50	67	49	65
Limehouse Point Park	99	209	63	65	51	56
Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Pier	98	164	61	56	30	46
Cooper River Marina	98	128	72	56	34	53
Dungannon Plantation Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area	97	107	36	59	31	67
Waterfront Park 1	96	456	52	72	44	34
Palmetto Islands County Park	95	191	61	62	38	51
Francis Marion National Forest	94	188	41	81	23	22
Hampton Park	91	297	55	63	36	68
High Battery Park	91	272	62	59	33	28
Riverfront Park (Noisette Creek)	91	109	50	52	24	52