Country parks serve as important spaces for protecting the ecological environment, improving urban recreational service and enhancing urban charm, facing the challenge of balancing biodiversity conservation with human recreational activities in the planning and construction process. To address this issue, this study investigates the synergistic relationship between potential bird habitats and human recreational hotspots in Shanghai Qingxi Country Park, using bird diversity to represent biodiversity levels. The study utilized multiple sources of data, including bird observation data from the bird-watching data service platform and local team observations, along with land cover data, to infer the distribution of potential habitats for nine bird species of national protection grade II within the park. Moreover, the study analyzed the spatio temporal characteristics of human recreational activities in the park using Baidu Huiyan’s 30 m × 30 m grid cell population data. Based on the above analysis, the relationship between hotspots of recreational density and the potential habitat of birds in the park was summarized. Finally, based on the delineation of natural recreational spaces according to the distribution of potential bird habitats, corresponding environmental optimization strategies are proposed to achieve the goal of the country park that can anchor the urban ecological pattern and meet the recreational needs of citizens, while providing a new perspective for the improvement of comprehensive functions for country parks.