Henfield Birdwatch

A community website for Henfield’s Birdwatchers

Year: 2025

Song Thrush

Dark brown on top with heavy spotting on the breast, turns over vegetation on the ground looking for grubs, especially…

Redwing

Very similar to Song Thrush, often comes to your garden in small flocks whereas Song Thrushes are generally on their…

Fieldfare

Like Redwings, Fieldfare come to gardens in midwinter searching out berries and fruit. It’s grey head and rufous brown back…

Blackbird (Male)

Males are unmistakable, all black with a yellow beak.

Blackbird (Female)

Female Blackbirds are browner than males, some have a distinctly speckled breast and can sometimes be mistaken for a Song…

Long Tailed Tit

Long Tailed Tits

Very distinctive and unmistakeable, the only species that visits your garden feeders with a long tail. You can often hear…

Coal Tit

Coal Tits

Smallest of the tits, usually seen on its own and is definitely at the bottom of the ‘pecking’ order at…

Blue Tit

Blue Tits

Small, brightly coloured, very active on feeders, used to be called blue caps in Victorian times. After breeding and during…

Great Tit

Great Tits

Slightly bigger than a Blue Tit and the black head and white face patch separates it from a Blue Tit….

Blue Tit

Tits

There are 4 types of tits that are regularly reported in gardens, with Blue and Great Tits being the most…