Birding spots · Vermont

Best Birding Spots in Windsor County, Vermont

Lake Runnenede leads Windsor County's birding spots with 182 species reported, best in spring. 61 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
Lake Runnenede	182	2,137	69	163	101	121
Kilowatt Park	157	2,625	54	129	77	112
Deweys Pond	153	920	6	124	92	89
Pompanoosuc	146	1,853	22	110	100	82
Windsor Prison Wildlife Management Area	138	1,017	28	130	106	57
North Springfield Reservoir	136	396	21	104	104	93
Second Branch White River	135	769	42	88	77	106
Pompanoosuc (east)	129	575	38	119	54	64
Deweys Pond (Quechee)	119	664	24	101	84	66
Lewiston	114	597	18	97	65	62
Lake Pinneo	110	297	5	63	56	70
Silver Lake (Barnard)	110	284	14	88	17	72
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	105	401	15	85	72	66
North Springfield Reservoir (Kendricks Corner)	104	172	6	80	68	44
Pompanoosuc (east 2)	103	330	31	83	60	56
North Hartland Dam Recreation Area	95	262	14	81	67	40
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park (east)	93	241	16	81	62	29
Lewiston (Bloody Brook)	89	303	11	72	40	33
Black River	87	371	16	73	41	42
Pompanoosuc (east 3)	83	147	24	79	32	9
Lyman Point Park	82	618	41	63	41	29
Quechee State Park	81	142	2	57	60	27
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park (Mount Tom)	76	157	13	68	42	15
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park (Kedron Brook)	74	167	10	57	45	23
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park (The Pogue)	74	141	4	53	33	29
Eshqua Bog	71	210	3	55	52	22
Camp Plymouth State Park	69	64	0	31	41	30
Connecticut River Reservoir	67	651	24	36	32	41
Deweys Pond (Deweys Mills)	65	92	1	19	49	25
Mount Ascutney	65	89	11	25	43	30
Kents Ledge	63	57	5	55	34	6
Ompompanoosuc River	62	172	0	52	13	15
Silver Lake State Park	61	67	1	46	16	27
Echo Lake	60	64	0	31	19	25
Lake Rescue	58	86	0	2	54	5
Wright Reservoir	55	58	1	42	22	18
Stoughton Pond	53	65	11	25	21	21
Mill Pond (Mill Brook)	50	110	1	29	15	21
Amherst Lake	45	92	6	23	13	14
Billings Farm Museum	36	55	10	19	11	6
Crescent Lake	33	56	0	10	13	17
Jewell Brook Site Number Three Reservoir	26	58	0	4	19	10
Colby Pond	26	52	0	15	10	7
Birding spot near Hanover	152	1,595	28	120	112	127
Birding spot near Woodstock	129	498	34	70	60	107
Birding spot near Hanover (Blood Mountain)	127	726	38	82	57	96
Birding spot near Hanover (east)	124	390	8	82	80	96
Birding spot near Wilder	95	292	26	86	40	33
Birding spot near Charlestown	94	548	42	78	22	56
Birding spot near Norwich (northwest)	87	71	0	77	41	8