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Best Birding Spots in Brazoria County, Texas

Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary leads Brazoria County's birding spots with 290 species reported, best in spring. 57 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
Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary	290	5,473	97	255	113	230
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge	257	877	151	199	92	166
Square Island Lake	216	561	140	167	98	129
Justin Hurst Wildlife Management Area	206	231	109	167	59	35
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (south)	200	505	122	157	29	121
Quintana Xeriscape Park	197	946	46	175	32	103
Quintana	195	279	52	158	37	114
Square Island Lake (east)	192	529	117	151	89	98
Shadow Creek Ranch Nature Center	186	1,296	116	153	68	137
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (southeast)	166	497	106	111	75	111
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (northeast)	156	168	67	125	13	34
Russell Tract	145	576	91	112	64	82
Delores Fenwick Nature Center	144	1,058	107	106	54	94
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (southwest)	138	207	86	76	44	58
Lake Jackson Sanctuary	136	480	79	102	23	59
San Luis Pass County Park	133	349	62	107	55	75
Independence Park	128	1,423	70	100	60	76
Surfside	121	160	29	97	39	55
Swan Lake	116	279	62	103	68	65
Sea Center Texas	115	220	64	73	58	68
Bryan Lake	112	132	23	47	64	63
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 4)	110	50	0	110	2	0
Resoft County Park	109	492	77	83	57	70
Square Island Lake (northeast)	105	104	58	48	44	37
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge	99	105	60	50	3	34
Camp Mohawk County Park	89	129	45	45	30	48
Brazos Woods Preserve	85	82	64	42	0	7
Scoby Lake	85	71	67	32	34	31
Brazos River County Park	82	112	69	22	0	21
Nash Prairie Preserve	82	73	73	15	0	10
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 2)	77	136	54	35	11	36
Bryan Lake (Bryan Cut)	77	59	59	44	15	4
Quintana Beach County Park	71	64	22	58	5	16
Quintana Beach	69	68	3	40	32	16
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge (southwest)	66	67	42	31	12	16
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (northwest)	66	53	52	32	0	0
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 3)	63	59	37	35	1	6
Oyster Creek Municipal Park	63	59	47	18	3	16
Surfside Crabbing Pier	58	60	31	23	31	10
Hanson Riverside County Park	42	57	37	12	8	13
Birding spot near Quintana (northeast)	164	353	64	101	71	80
Birding spot near Surfside Beach	163	1,062	95	120	52	98
Birding spot near Quintana	154	492	82	125	81	109
Birding spot near Quintana (Bryan Cut)	147	269	60	95	77	111
Birding spot near Surfside Beach (Freeport Harbor Channel)	132	441	83	82	43	43
Birding spot near Surfside Beach (San Luis Island)	126	212	33	99	46	38
Birding spot near Pearland	121	200	70	86	39	66
Birding spot near Oyster Creek	113	101	66	62	36	42
Birding spot near Surfside Beach (northeast)	94	120	26	47	3	74
Birding spot near Freeport (west)	93	93	53	60	35	10