Birding spots · Virginia

Best Birding Spots in Fauquier County, Virginia

Warrenton Reservoir leads Fauquier County's birding spots with 181 species reported, best in spring. 40 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
Warrenton Reservoir	181	545	84	167	77	137
Fox Pond	180	962	89	149	95	135
C M Crockett Park	168	1,077	96	133	81	107
Airlie Lake	166	521	88	145	68	123
Sky Meadows State Park	154	710	66	125	91	112
Bowmans Pond	133	529	79	111	47	82
Sky Meadows State Park (Fleetwood Farm Pond Number Two)	126	312	58	84	60	102
Lake Brittle Public Fishing Lake	125	527	77	102	52	75
Belvoir Farm Lake	118	709	69	85	41	74
Thompson Wildlife Management Area	116	820	0	113	67	29
Rady Park	116	296	47	89	52	89
Sky Meadows State Park (east)	115	317	64	80	67	82
Whitney State Forest	113	254	43	99	64	75
Warrenton Lake	108	187	42	88	62	70
Northern Fauquier Community Park	108	185	43	73	50	86
Warrenton Aquatic and Recreation Facility	104	230	39	68	49	67
Sky Meadows State Park (Paris)	102	355	49	60	38	81
Sky Meadows State Park (Mathews Pond)	91	133	28	69	47	57
Sky Meadows State Park (east)	90	227	55	64	57	59
Thompson Lake	84	102	0	77	37	20
C.F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area	84	67	18	54	46	32
Lake Ann	83	225	52	63	36	43
Sky Meadows State Park (northeast)	82	128	30	63	54	39
Fox Pond (Pignut Mountain)	81	77	48	51	21	10
Sky Meadows State Park (northeast)	80	70	32	43	30	51
Lake Thompson Public Fishing Lake	76	57	0	62	40	13
Thompson Wildlife Management Area (Linden Heights)	68	98	10	64	30	15
Gap Run	68	56	7	60	28	0
John Marshall Birthplace	63	71	29	55	24	27
Thorn Pond	52	87	12	17	35	26
Birding spot near Warrenton (Meetze)	123	126	46	91	54	94
Birding spot near Warrenton	112	338	42	97	60	62
Birding spot near Warrenton (Carter Run)	105	139	31	79	43	66
Birding spot near New Baltimore	102	525	51	81	64	62
Birding spot near Remington	79	293	44	53	53	23
Birding spot near Warrenton (Frytown)	77	150	31	52	56	47
Birding spot near New Baltimore (northwest)	75	148	46	46	14	31
Birding spot near Paris	66	55	43	44	0	34
Birding spot near Remington (Carolandville)	56	109	24	24	30	20
Birding spot near Rectortown	51	88	44	16	0	20