Birding Hotspots

Where to Go Birding

Isla Vista

Where to Go Birding in Isla Vista

Plan to go birding in Isla Vista? Below are some of the best eBird hotspots in the area.

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Showing 87 hotspots within a 5 mile radius of city center.

Top eBird Hotspots

Devereux Slough

Coal Oil Point Reserve--Devereux Slough

290 species

Lake Los Carneros - Photo by Greg Janée (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Lake Los Carneros Park

267 species

NCOS from Veneco Bridge

UCSB North Campus Open Space (formerly Ocean Meadows Golf Course)

255 species

Sands Beach and associated dunes

Coal Oil Point, Devereux Beach, Sands Beach, and bluff trails

254 species

Mudflats by Commencement Green

UCSB--Campus Lagoon

253 species

UCSB Campus Lagoon

UCSB--campus

244 species

Goleta Slough from observation platform

Goleta Beach County Park (including east end of Goleta Slough)

234 species

Ellwood Mesa Open Space

209 species

Area K when nearly empty

Goleta Slough Ecological Reserve--Area K

203 species

UCSB--Campus Point

201 species

More Mesa

200 species

Patterson Bridge, viewed from Atascadero creekbed

Atascadero Creek--East of Patterson including Mitigation Area

192 species