Henfield Birdwatch

A community website for Henfield’s Birdwatchers


Sightings

‘Stinky Pond’ & Henfield Levels from Rye Farm Track

Any cold grey morning can be improved by a walk along this track off Hollands Lane. We went looking for the Water Rails spotted there recently by Sharon. No sign of them but our walk

Isabelline Shrike

A new species for the parish! An Isabelline Shrike at Woods Mill was found by Birdwatch member Alex R on the 26th. There are two species formerly listed as Isabelline Shrike - of course we

Millstream

I walked up the Millstream this morning, and the Nightingales were there, but making a very strange peeping noise which I wonder if it’s their alarm call? below. There was a Magpie about and both

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Trip Reports

Val’s Area Walk – 23rd March

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

Pagham and Medmerry – March 2026

On the way home in Lucy’s car there was a discussion on the merits and otherwise of a selection of…

Val’s Area Walk – February 26

Superb walk this morning with Andy & Anne, plus Ezio of course.  Red Kite (maybe one of Mike & Lesley’s)…

Elmley – February 26

We needed two  cars for the six of us going to Elmley for the February HBW trip. One to take…


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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,…