The Ultimate Bird Watching Guide in Newfoundland

The Ultimate Bird Watching Guide in Newfoundland for you to have the best experience bird watching.

Every year millions of birds migrate to our coast to nest, feed and enjoy the Atlantic Ocean. As a result, Newfoundland and Labrador is a significant bird-watching destinations, with some of the most exquisite and colourful birds coming to our homeland every year.

The best time to go bird-watching is in the spring and summer months. Newfoundland weather is mild and cool, so your bird-watching experience may vary based on the weather condition. You can have an excellent bird-watching experience while walking, hiking, kayaking, on boat tours or just camping.

Some of the most enjoyable bird-watching hot spots are

• Terra Nova National Park
• Witless Bay Ecological Reserve
• Cape St Marys Ecological Reserve
• Codroy Valley Wetland Centre
• Gros Morne National Park
• Torngat Mountains National Park
• Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve

These are some birds you can see on your next bird-watching experience.

• Bald Eagle
• Canada Goose
• Northern Gannet
• Atlantic Puffin
• Leach’s Storm-petrel
• Great Black-backed Gull
• Red Crossbills
• Chestnut-sided Warbler
• Bay-breasted Warbler

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Terra Nova National Park: This is a national park; a wide variety of birds can be found here. The birds used the park as a sanctuary to nest, feed and live. This park is located in the province’s central region and is about a 4-hour drive from St John’s. The park offers the perfect opportunity for camping, hiking and bird watching. The park has over thirty thousand hectares of parkland. The best way to enjoy your bird watching is to go hiking on any designated park trails.

Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve: This Ecological Reserve is estimated to have the world’s largest Leach’s Storm-petrel colony. The ecological reserve also has one of the island’s most significant bodies of Atlantic puffin colonies. This Ecological Reserve is located at Red Head Cove, NL, off the tip of Bay de Verde Peninsula, ON A SMALL ISLAND IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

Witless Bay Ecological Reserve: This is the home of the puffins. Thousands of Atlantic puffins migrate to this Ecological Reserve every year to nest and feed. These colourful birds look very soft, snuggly and cuddly. This Ecological Reserve is home to one of the region’s largest colonies of Atlantic puffin. This Ecological Reserve is located ON GULL ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

Cape St Mary’s Ecological Reserve is one of the busiest places with sea birds. If this is your first time visiting this area, you will see a lot of birds on your trip. This Ecological reserve is famous for many Northern Garnet colonies that call this place home for a few months of the year. On the way to this place, you will encounter birds. You will walk through an open meadow that will take you to the cliffs, where the Northern Garnet colony nest, feeds and grow. Travel in the appropriate clothing, as Cape St. Mary’s weather can be damp and foggy.

Codroy Valley Wetland Centre: This is a wetland sanctuary home to thousands of birds and wildlife. You can find birds such as the Black-Burnian Warbler, Boreal Chickadee, Red Crossbill and other types of birds. This sizeable freshwater wetland supports a wide variety of nesting for waterfowls and is one of the best places n the western region to enjoy bird watching.