Birding spots · Wisconsin

Best Birding Spots in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

Forest Beach Migratory Preserve leads Ozaukee County's birding spots with 216 species reported, best in spring. 54 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
Forest Beach Migratory Preserve	216	1,819	57	183	126	166
Harrington Beach State Park	211	1,564	55	182	117	182
Mequon Nature Preserve	198	1,745	39	177	120	130
Coal Dock Park	174	1,961	74	139	57	87
Virmond Park	165	652	36	144	59	110
Mud Lake (northeast)	156	355	25	143	85	66
Harrington Beach State Park (southeast)	150	183	19	116	0	104
Forest Beach Migratory Preserve (northeast)	144	196	27	74	51	107
Cedarburg Bog Natural Area	134	284	35	119	82	37
Bratt Woods	123	283	19	110	56	37
Hawthorne Hills County Park	122	209	16	118	67	48
Ozaukee County Waterfowl Production Area	119	467	33	82	69	43
Roeckl Lake	119	159	15	101	67	36
Waubedonia County Park	117	601	29	105	78	58
Ozaukee County Waterfowl Production Area (east)	112	158	10	85	60	51
Donges Bay Gorge	105	200	20	99	34	36
Sauk Creek Nature Preserve	94	170	23	83	36	38
Cedarburg Environmental Study Area	90	141	13	74	50	24
Mud Lake (Cedarburg Bog)	90	110	4	74	51	17
Cedarburg Bog	90	89	15	82	49	20
Ozaukee County Waterfowl Production Area (south)	86	71	9	82	12	5
River Barn Park	86	56	0	84	3	3
Newburg Pond 243	84	52	0	71	53	2
Cedarburg Bog Natural Area (Horn Lake)	83	145	14	64	42	18
Harrington Beach State Park (Lake Church)	83	79	0	60	54	21
Trinity Creek Wetland Habitat	82	213	24	69	45	23
Ehlers County Park	79	64	10	62	10	0
Harrington Beach State Park (east)	75	76	15	36	32	38
Covered Bridge County Park	73	124	16	60	36	22
Huiras Lake	73	68	3	49	39	28
Veterans Memorial Park	69	122	16	45	35	32
Harrington Beach State Park (north)	69	107	19	35	12	40
Port Washington	63	64	25	40	27	1
Thiensville Village Park	62	171	30	37	39	32
Pleasant Valley Nature Park	57	53	12	43	36	20
Lime Kiln Park	56	112	23	37	31	21
Sauk Creek	50	88	13	33	12	19
South Beach	40	157	16	23	11	13
Birding spot near Port Washington	216	2,490	37	200	129	151
Birding spot near Thiensville	144	473	11	122	92	58
Birding spot near Newburg	141	642	23	132	83	47
Birding spot near Fredonia	120	463	4	114	44	4
Birding spot near Port Washington (Sauk Creek)	118	934	65	86	45	48
Birding spot near Newburg (northwest)	115	153	8	108	53	42
Birding spot near Thiensville (east)	91	141	1	36	13	75
Birding spot near Saukville	89	57	11	72	29	48
Birding spot near Fredonia (Holy Cross)	81	73	0	76	5	2
Birding spot near Port Washington (north)	80	188	4	77	1	13
Birding spot near Fredonia (2)	71	52	1	71	0	0
Birding spot near Belgium	69	179	36	40	29	2