Important Bird Area Sites in Massachusetts
The following is a list of the IBA sites located across the state. What criteria does a site need to meet in order to be nominated as an IBA? Find out >
Sites are listed in alphabetical order by site name.
Site |
Region |
Nominator(s) |
| Allens Pond & Westport River Watershed | South Shore | Jamie Bogart |
| Appleton Farm | North Shore | Jim Berry |
| Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary & West Meadows | Connecticut River Valley | David McLain |
| Assabet River NWR | Greater Boston | Tim Prior, Ron Lockwood |
| Assawompsett Ponds Complex | South Shore | Joanne Michaud |
| Bald Hill Reservation | North Shore | Jim Berry |
| Barton's Cove Poets Seat | Connecticut River Valley | Diane Potter, Mark Taylor |
| Belle Isle Marsh | Greater Boston | Soheil Zendeh |
| Bird Island | South Shore | Ian Nisbet |
| Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor | Central | John Liller, Mark Lynch, Sheila Carroll |
| Blue Hills Reservation | Greater Boston | Laura Liptak, Patty O'Neill |
| Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area | Greater Boston | Peter Paton |
| Brewster—Eastham Flats | Cape Cod & Islands | Blair Nikula |
| Brewster Ponds & Woodlands | Cape Cod & Islands | Blair Nikula |
| Brush Island | Greater Boston | David Larson |
| Bull Hill Fields | Connecticut River Valley | Dottie Case |
| Cape Cod National Seashore (including Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary) | Cape Cod & Islands | Robert Cook |
| Central Berkshire Lakes | Berkshires | René Laubach |
| Chappaquidick Island | Cape Cod & Islands | Debra Swanson |
| Cumberland Farms | South Shore | Kathleen Anderson |
| Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary & Cherry Hill | South Shore | David Clapp |
| Dead Neck & Sampsons Island | Cape Cod & Islands | Matt Bailey, Scott Hecker |
| Delaney Wildlife Management Area | Central | Mark Lynch, Lisa and Simon Hennin |
| Eastern Essex County Interior Forest | North Shore | Jim Berry |
| Eastern Point/Gloucester Harbor | North Shore | Chris Leahy |
| Ellisville Harbor | South Shore | Margo Zdvardovic, Scott Hecker |
| Essex County Coastal Bird Islands | North Shore | Chris Leahy |
| Eugene Moran Wildlife Management Area | Berkshires | Tony Gola, Ed Neumeth |
| Freetown State Forest & Southeastern MA Bioreserve | South Shore | Jack Lash |
| Fresh Pond | Greater Boston | Taber Allison |
| Graves Farm Wildlife Sanctuary | Connecticut River Valley | Geoff LeBaron, Mara Silver |
| Great Marsh | North Shore | Rick Heil, Chris Leahy |
| Great Sippewisett Marsh & Black Beach | Cape Cod & Islands | Rachel Farrell |
| Hiram Fox Wildlife Management Area | Connecticut River Valley | Brad Blodgett |
| Hockomock Swamp | South Shore | Kathleen Anderson |
| Hoosic Plateau | Berkshires | Mark Lynch |
| Kalmus Beach Park | Cape Cod & Islands | Matt Bailey, Scott Hecker |
| Konkapot & Agawam Marshes | Berkshires | Mark Lynch |
| Lee & Cole Rivers | South Shore | Mark Lynch, Shiela Carroll |
| Little River Watershed | Connecticut River Valley | Seth Kellogg |
| Longmeadow Flats | Connecticut River Valley | George Kingston |
| Lynnfield Marsh | Greater Boston | Chris Leahy |
| Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences | South Shore | Brian Harrington |
| Marblehead Neck | North Shore | Jan Smith |
| Massachusetts Military Reservation | Cape Cod & Islands | Peter Trimble |
| Middlesex Fells | Greater Boston | Marj Rines |
| Mill Pond (Smiley's Pond) & Marshes | Berkshires | Mark Lynch |
| Monomoy & South Beach NWR | Cape Cod & Islands | Blair Nikula |
| Montague Sandplains | Connecticut River Valley | Dave King |
| Mount Holyoke/Mount Tom/East Mountain Range | Connecticut River Valley | David McLain |
| Mt. Auburn Cemetery | Greater Boston | Janet Haywood, Robert Stymeist |
| Mt. Greylock | Berkshires | René Laubach |
| Mt. Watatic | Central | Paul Roberts |
| Myles Standish State Forest | South Shore | Glenn D'Entremont |
| Mystic River Watershed | Greater Boston | Marj Rines |
| Nahant Bay | North Shore | Rick Heil |
| Nashua River Watershed | Central | Ron Lockwood, Tim Prior |
| North River Mouth & Corridor | South Shore | David Clapp, Scott Hecker |
| Peat Meadow | North Shore | Joe Hogan |
| Plymouth & Duxbury Bays | South Shore | Kathleen Anderson |
| Quabbin Reservoir Watershed | Connecticut River Valley | Chris Buelow, David Small |
| Quaboag | Central | John Liller, Mark Lynch, Sheila Carroll |
| Ram Island | South Shore | Ian Nisbet |
| Rockport Headlands & Inshore Waters | North Shore | Chris Leahy |
| Rocky Gutter Wildlife Management Area | South Shore | Kathleen Anderson |
| Sandwich Beaches | Cape Cod & Islands | Matt Bailey, Scott Hecker |
| South Cape Beaches—Sandy Neck | Cape Cod & Islands | Matt Bailey, Scott Hecker |
| Stellwagen Bank | Offshore | Chris Leahy |
| Stop River | Greater Boston | Jack Lash |
| Sudbury & Foss Reservoirs | Central | Mark Lynch, Sheila Carroll |
| Sudbury/Concord River Valley | Greater Boston | Steve Ells, Ken Harte, Elissa Landre, Ron Lockwood, Marj Rines, Simon Perkins |
| Upper Housatonic Valley | Berkshires | René Laubach |
| Wachusett Mountain | Central | Paul Roberts |
| Wachusett Reservoir | Central | Mark Lynch, Sheila Carroll, Fran McMenemy |
| Ware River Watershed | Central | John Liller, Mark Lynch, Sheila Carroll |
| West Dennis Beach | Cape Cod & Islands | Matt Bailey, Scott Hecker |
| Westover Grasslands Complex | Connecticut River Valley | Geoff LeBaron |
| Wompatuck State Park | South Shore | Dennis Peacock |
| Yarmouth Beaches | Cape Cod & Islands | Matt Bailey, Scott Hecker |