Birding spots · Virginia

Best Birding Spots in Northampton County, Virginia

Kiptopeke State Park leads Northampton County's birding spots with 236 species reported, best in fall. 45 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
Kiptopeke State Park	236	1,648	111	139	103	214
Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge	232	1,401	108	160	125	212
Beverly	216	1,435	129	145	114	184
Kiptopeke	215	504	34	52	113	198
Magothy Bay State Natural Area Preserve	214	855	124	160	124	184
Cape Charles State Natural Area Preserve	199	725	56	151	56	160
Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge (Raccoon Creek)	188	943	93	119	93	161
Kiptopeke State Park (Butlers Bluff)	187	868	48	52	60	177
Brownsville Farm	180	690	88	143	102	130
Magotha	179	626	97	115	87	147
Tnc Land Holding	173	539	91	124	70	126
The Nature Conservancy Private Conservation Fee Ownership	167	459	87	90	81	127
Savage Neck Dunes State Natural Area Preserve	166	390	63	115	78	128
Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge (south)	157	420	47	91	74	134
Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge (Kiptopeke)	154	402	63	73	56	132
Indiantown Recreation Park	153	186	49	77	43	127
Allegood Pond	143	118	76	83	41	78
Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge	142	204	83	34	41	101
Kiptopeke State Park (southwest)	137	891	86	78	35	85
Kiptopeke State Park (Cedar Grove)	128	160	24	17	34	117
Tnc Land Holding (Oyster Slip)	125	211	49	72	53	96
Oyster Slip	110	103	46	49	33	45
Cape Charles Harbor	107	692	60	65	49	73
Kiptopeke State Park (east)	107	75	40	23	14	86
Costin Pond	106	102	45	9	4	92
Pickett's Harbor State Natural Area Preserve	106	52	12	0	30	86
Mockhorn Wildlife Management Area	100	94	22	28	6	77
Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge (south)	98	101	12	37	39	73
Red Bank	94	93	24	65	19	40
Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge (Cape Charles)	94	86	24	28	27	69
Dixons Pond	92	126	0	25	62	58
Cape Charles Harbor (Kings Creek)	91	148	54	62	31	48
Smith Island	89	56	53	56	50	0
Cape Charles Harbor (southeast)	77	220	48	55	23	39
Kiptopeke State Park (Kiptopeke Beach)	75	58	0	24	7	56
Magothy Bay	64	63	15	3	2	54
Birding spot near Willis Wharf	150	834	84	107	90	113
Birding spot near Eastville	130	88	47	57	33	102
Birding spot near Cape Charles	118	768	56	60	50	73
Birding spot near Cheriton	107	62	35	29	15	84
Birding spot near Cape Charles (Cape Junction)	88	83	12	55	28	46
Birding spot near Cape Charles (Kings Creek)	66	61	39	0	16	40
Birding spot near Hampton	54	205	48	23	0	14
Birding spot near Norfolk (north)	45	117	41	22	5	8
Birding spot near Cape Charles (southwest)	33	58	23	13	3	8