Henfield Birdwatch

A community website for Henfield’s Birdwatchers

Year: 2025

Reed Bunting

House Sparrows, Dunnocks and Reed Buntings

Although from different families, these can look similar if you don’t always get a good view of them. Sparrows and…

Reed Bunting (Male)

Has similar plumage and markings to House Sparrows but slimmer in appearance and has a longer tail with white along…

Reed Bunting (Female)

Has similar plumage and markings to House Sparrows but slimmer in appearance and has a longer tail with white along…

Male house sparrow

House Sparrow (Male)

A very familiar but declining species, once you start looking closely at them, you will see that they come in…

Female-House-Sparrow

House Sparrow (Female)

Female House Sparrows can look like female Chaffinches but the beak is thicker and hasn’t got the noticeable white streaks…

Dunnock

Despite its old name of Hedge Sparrow, this belongs to a completely different family and behaves in a different way….

Area 4 – West End Levels

Bounded by bridleway to the South, the river to the West, the railway line to the North and Stonepit Lane/Lawyers…

A woman in full camouflage gear crouching down with a camera

Paula Blake

Many of the wonderful photographs on our website were taken by one of our members, Paula Blake.  In this interesting…

Area 3 – Parsonage

Some birds to see in Area 3 All images courtesy of Paula Blake Text coming soon! Want to know more…

Area 2 – Wantley

Some birds to see in Area 2 All images courtesy of Paula Blake There is a variety of habitat in…