Henfield Birdwatch

A community website for Henfield’s Birdwatchers

Year: 2025

Common Buzzard

Buzzard numbers have exploded in the last 40 years and it is now a very common sight across Sussex. Soaring…

Kestrel (Female)

This is a falcon that feeds largely on small mammals and less so on birds and insects. It is the…

Kestrel (Male)

This is a falcon that feeds largely on small mammals and less so on birds and insects. It is the…

Sparrowhawk

This is likely to be the only bird of prey that will visit your garden and even then, it is…

Egrets, Herons, Storks and an Ibis

Over the last decade, there has been an increasing number of sightings of water big water birds in the parish,…

Glossy Ibis

Not a white bird but another water species that is increasing in the UK. Only last year it has been…

Western Cattle Egret

The smallest and scarcest of the white Egrets seen in the parish although a few years ago 15 were seen…

Little Egret

Our most commonly seen of the white Egrets in the parish and has now become a resident breeding species and…

Great White Egret

The largest of the white egrets, it is about the size of a Grey Heron but pure white with a…

White Stork

With the re-introduction programme at the nearby Knepp Re-wilding Project, we are definitely going to see more of the biggest…