Birding spots · Tennessee

Best Birding Spots in Sumner County, Tennessee

Memorial Park leads Sumner County's birding spots with 168 species reported, best in spring. 21 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
Memorial Park	168	744	81	140	74	114
Old Lock Three Access Area	151	534	79	106	62	110
Anderson Lake	139	392	63	124	63	85
Bledsoe Creek	125	316	56	110	68	77
Saunders Ferry Park	124	260	69	73	50	82
Old Hickory Recreation Area (Panorama Harbor)	121	233	50	87	41	79
Sumner County Park	102	127	50	77	44	54
Drakes Creek Park	90	328	42	79	58	41
Old Hickory Recreation Area	88	263	39	66	40	60
Moss-Wright Park	77	128	31	51	41	48
Drakes Creek Park (Colonial Acres)	75	87	34	55	30	34
Five Coves Lake	74	102	28	39	36	47
Old Hickory Recreation Area (northeast)	73	125	26	60	34	36
Old Hickory Recreation Area (Walnut Hills Estates)	71	120	22	41	3	44
Old Hickory Lake	66	71	34	41	25	30
Old Hickory Recreation Area (Sarah Berry Annex)	60	100	26	46	10	20
Old Hickory Recreation Area (Liberty Branch)	54	70	23	38	25	6
Birding spot near Shackle Island	128	243	49	94	48	98
Birding spot near Bransford	114	152	38	105	62	90
Birding spot near Shackle Island (southeast)	78	122	42	51	35	47
Birding spot near Shackle Island (Norman Lake)	72	54	25	59	0	21