Early mornings or later evenings are best before and after the Seneca College Flight School begins and concludes its touch-and-go flight training. The designated pull-offs are popular spots for the plane-watching public and are often occupied at various points during the day.

In summer, open field birds like Bobolink, Eastern Meadowlark, Vesper Sparrow and Horned Lark breed on the airport lands, while American Bittern, Virginia Rail, Sora, both Alder and Willow flycatchers and an impressive number of Swamp Sparrows are present in the wet areas on either side of Moncrief Line.

When water levels are suitable several small, shallow ponds between Moncrief Line and the airport runways may attract a modest number of shorebirds. A dozen or more species has been recorded over the years. Wilson’s Snipe is a common breeder, and this location is a particularly good one at which to observe their aerial displays at close range.

In winter, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, and Snowy Owl are all fairly regular, while rarely observed are Short-eared Owl and Northern Hawk-Owl, an individual of which spent the entire winter of 1997 at the east edge of the airport. Large flocks of redpolls, American Tree Sparrows and Snow Buntings occur fairly regularly.

This hotspot is at the east end of the Peterborough Regional Airport lands on Moncrief Line (CR 11) and covers all the airport lands visible to the west and the marshlands either side of the road east to the Otonabee River. Prior to its realignment in 2013 as Moncrief Line, Airport Rd continued straight south from its current alignment to the south side of the airport. The new alignment has the advantage of having several designated pull-offs on both the west and east sides of the road.