Birding spots · Tennessee

Best Birding Spots in Lake County, Tennessee

Black Bayou Refuge (Phillippy) leads Lake County's birding spots with 158 species reported, best in spring. 28 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
Black Bayou Refuge (Phillippy)	158	138	61	127	33	107
Eastridge Arm	153	179	88	110	25	117
Black Bayou Refuge	152	142	60	138	45	31
Old Graveyard Slough	149	284	28	59	75	107
Magic Hole	147	290	80	97	41	99
Keystone Pocket	139	278	86	82	38	84
Champey Pocket	136	173	81	66	14	86
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge	135	82	38	101	10	57
Reelfoot Wildlife Management Area	131	95	55	106	28	18
Tumbleweed Wildlife Management Area	127	172	78	74	36	43
Reelfoot Lake	127	163	77	63	26	82
Mud Lake (historical)	114	86	17	93	27	20
Lids Pocket	102	83	66	37	6	59
Keystone Pocket (Lambs Bar)	101	56	49	63	1	32
Reelfoot Wildlife Management Area (Black Slough)	98	64	31	64	25	21
Peacock Field	98	55	3	41	43	65
Birding spot near Ridgely	176	284	43	166	53	24
Birding spot near Ridgely (southwest)	162	152	3	139	61	85
Birding spot near Caruthersville	145	51	0	101	25	56
Birding spot near Samburg	127	209	14	123	73	5
Birding spot near Ridgely (southwest)	106	54	0	103	0	16
Birding spot near Samburg (Big Sandy Creek)	105	67	20	91	0	36
Birding spot near Tiptonville (Tiptonville Towhead)	103	53	26	33	30	55
Birding spot near Ridgely (south)	102	52	4	90	28	3
Birding spot near Tiptonville	97	149	65	35	6	63
Birding spot near Samburg (southeast)	91	52	5	78	11	2
Birding spot near Tiptonville (Old Graveyard Slough)	84	51	15	55	6	36
Birding spot near Tiptonville (Estes Pond)	54	70	23	36	0	15