County Profiles

Map
Region Legend
Capital
South Central
Central
Southside
Central Valley & Highlands
Southwest
Northern Neck & Middle Peninsula
Southern Valley & Highlands
Northern Valley
Upper Piedmont
Northern Virginia
Tidewater
Region Legend
Capital
Northern Valley
Southwest
Central
Northern Virginia
Southern Valley & Highlands
Central Valley & Highlands
South Central
Upper Piedmont
Northern Neck & Middle Peninsula
Southside
Tidewater

This is your portal to explore birding in any or all of the counties and cities in Virginia. To begin with, each county has a profile that gives a brief overview of the county’s history and geography, as well as some general tips on birding it and a summary of notable records. For the traveling birder, we have also included helpful information on amenities and other interesting attractions. To access a county profile, simply click the county on the map above, or select it from the list below. Each county profile also includes an alphabetical listing of the eBird hotspots in that county. Clicking the hotspot name will direct you to a hotspot write-up with all the information you need about access and how to bird it. If no one has contributed a write-up yet, the link will take you to the eBird page for that hotspot. The links for hotspots with write-ups appear in blue, while those without content (and direct links to eBird) appear in red. The site is still a work in progress, so not every county or hotspot will have content. If one of your favorite counties or hotspots doesn’t have a write-up yet, maybe you’re the one to write it! Please reach out to us if you would like to contribute content.


Region Counties & Independent Cities Within Region
Capital Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Powhatan, Petersburg, Prince George, Richmond (City).
Central Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Lynchburg, Nelson, Prince Edward.
Central Valley & Highlands Augusta, Bath, Buena Vista, Harrisonburg, Highland, Lexington, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Staunton, Waynesboro.
Northern Neck & Middle Peninsula Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland.
Northern Valley Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren, Winchester.
Northern Virginia Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Fairfax (City), Falls Church, Loudoun, Manassas, Manassas Park, Prince William, Stafford.
South Central Danville, Franklin, Halifax, Henry, Martinsville, Patrick, Pittsylvania.
Southern Valley & Highlands Alleghany, Botetourt, Covington, Craig, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Radford, Roanoke, Roanoke (City), Salem.
Southside Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Emporia, Franklin (City), Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Southampton, Sussex.
Southwest Bland, Bristol, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Galax, Grayson, Lee, Norton, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, Wythe.
Tidewater Accomack, Chesapeake, Hampton, Isle of Wight, James City, Newport News, Norfolk, Northampton, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Surry, Virginia Beach Williamsburg, York.
Upper Piedmont Culpeper, Fauquier, Fredericksburg, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania.
Counties & Independent Cities Ordered Alphabetically
Accomack - Albemarle - Alexandria - Alleghany - Amelia - Amherst - Appomattox - Arlington - Augusta - Bath - Bedford - Bland - Botetourt - Bristol - Brunswick - Buchanan - Buckingham - Buena Vista - Campbell - Caroline - Carroll - Charles City - Charlotte - Charlottesville - Chesapeake - Chesterfield - Clarke - Colonial Heights - Covington - Craig - Culpeper - Cumberland - Danville - Dickenson - Dinwiddie - Emporia - Essex - Fairfax (City) - Fairfax - Falls Church - Fauquier - Floyd - Fluvanna - Franklin (City) - Franklin - Frederick - Fredericksburg - Galax - Giles - Gloucester - Goochland - Grayson - Greene - Greensville - Halifax - Hampton - Hanover - Harrisonburg - Henrico - Henry - Highland - Hopewell - Isle of Wight - James City - King and Queen - King George - King William - Lancaster - Lee - Lexington - Loudoun - Louisa - Lunenburg - Lynchburg - Madison - Manassas Park - Manassas - Martinsville - Mathews - Mecklenburg - Middlesex - Montgomery - Nelson - New Kent - Newport News - Norfolk - Northampton - Northumberland - Norton - Nottoway - Orange - Page - Patrick - Petersburg - Pittsylvania - Poquoson - Portsmouth - Powhatan - Prince Edward - Prince George - Prince William - Pulaski - Radford - Rappahannock - Richmond (City) - Richmond - Roanoke (City) - Roanoke - Rockbridge - Rockingham - Russell - Salem - Scott - Shenandoah - Smyth - Southampton - Spotsylvania - Stafford - Staunton - Suffolk - Surry - Sussex - Tazewell - Virginia Beach - Warren - Washington - Waynesboro - Westmoreland - Williamsburg - Winchester - Wise - Wythe - York