Henfield Birdwatch

A community website for Henfield’s Birdwatchers


Garden Bird Survey 2026

A parish-wide citizen science project During 2026 we are asking everyone in the parish to record the birds that visit…


Sightings

White-tailed Eagle

Met Lesley for a brisk dog walk up to and beyond Betley Bridge this morning. With Lesley's talent of spotting little things in the distance, she found 4 Little Ringed Plovers, while with my ability to only find great hulking

December Sightings

Still wet and fairly mild for the first couple of weeks, then it turned drier over Christmas and the water levels receded just a little.Wintering Chiffchaffs were back on the Rye Farm track pools by the 5th, none looked like

November Sightings

Generally a wettish month, with typical November weather and winter wildfowl were around in abundanceThe Isabelline Shrike disappeared from Wood Mill at the very start of the month, though it had been enjoyed by many from far and wide. Just

Events

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Trip Reports

Three (and a dog) go Twitching!

Last minute change of plan on 6th May from Castle Hill to the River Ouse as a pair of Spotted …

Monday Walk April 26

A lovely mostly sunny morning for Angela, Andy, Alan & Stella, Ezio & myself to enjoy yesterday. A Red Kite…

Ferring Rife walk 8th April

What a lovely morning for Roger K, Angela, Rikki, myself and Ezio to do the Ferring Rife walk!  Local birders…

Val’s Area Walk – 23rd March

Quite a crowd of us this morning!  Alan (+ Stella), Angela, Carole, Helen, Maggie (+ Otto), Scott & Tessa met…


Need some help identifying a bird?

Check out our Bird Identification pages, where we group similar looking birds together and explain the differences to look out for.

Bird Identification

Winter Wildfowl

During the winter when the Henfield Levels are in flood, many ducks and geese take advantage of the opportunity of…

Raptors

Or perhaps better known as birds of prey, all eat other creatures to survive, be it birds, mammals or insects,…