Birding spots · Virginia

Best Birding Spots in Albemarle County, Virginia

Chris Greene Lake Park leads Albemarle County's birding spots with 176 species reported, best in spring. 63 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
Chris Greene Lake Park	176	1,560	82	158	89	105
Ivy Creek Natural Area	160	3,926	73	144	100	139
Stillfreds Pond	158	769	90	122	79	97
Heyward Community Forest	149	1,078	81	119	63	82
Northfields Lake	142	468	48	123	61	110
Paines Lake	138	318	54	123	65	83
Totier Creek Park	133	326	53	97	73	84
Observatory Hill	125	913	22	121	48	67
Mint Springs Park	121	538	39	104	74	86
Ballinger Creek	119	355	59	111	47	48
Birdwood Lake	115	272	57	79	60	80
Timberlake Pond	114	123	47	87	57	70
Walnut Creek Park	112	303	51	91	65	48
Darden Towne Park	111	335	54	90	56	76
Whites Pond	106	641	44	88	57	46
Delutz Pond	105	69	54	88	40	27
Hurts Lake	104	612	62	86	42	49
Beaver Creek Park	104	251	44	83	72	57
Preddy Creek Park	104	246	36	81	56	81
Murrays Pond	96	57	39	83	34	44
Henleys Lake	90	148	10	84	50	4
Ivy Creek Natural Area (Hydraulic)	87	62	29	74	45	53
Pantops	86	313	48	62	54	59
Lake Albemarle	86	83	40	59	51	19
Heards	81	51	0	77	48	6
Shenandoah National Park (Big Flat Mountain)	77	218	0	48	57	47
Shenandoah National Park (Beagle Gap)	76	180	22	40	39	50
Henleys Lake (Thurston)	72	115	48	54	34	38
Dorrier Park	67	72	41	41	21	24
Henleys Lake (Parrott Branch)	65	81	46	45	33	3
Biscuit Run State Park	64	54	29	45	38	24
Edgeworth Farms Lake	63	72	17	19	37	40
Schroeder Branch	61	61	24	35	24	17
Olympic Lake	59	76	54	15	0	7
Shenandoah National Park (Jones Run)	58	61	17	50	32	9
Shenandoah National Park (Jarman Gap)	56	70	14	43	24	16
Sugar Hollow Reservoir	53	50	5	44	3	3
Stillfreds Pond (northeast)	50	62	35	40	0	4
East Lawn	47	208	29	44	18	15
White Hall	39	72	31	19	0	2
East Lawn (Madison Bowl)	33	108	19	19	13	11
Beaver Creek Reservoir	23	60	9	10	0	8
Birding spot near Crozet	167	1,886	83	147	85	124
Birding spot near Rivanna	145	1,234	69	123	82	104
Birding spot near Rio	135	253	54	120	73	92
Birding spot near Crozet (Freetown)	130	503	66	88	64	90
Birding spot near Pantops	122	508	56	97	51	81
Birding spot near Charlottesville (south)	119	379	28	99	68	90
Birding spot near Charlottesville (Mill Creek)	115	495	67	91	31	40
Birding spot near University of Virginia	114	282	51	96	58	64