Henfield Birdwatch

A community website for Henfield’s Birdwatchers

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Tufted Duck

When the levels of water are really high it sometimes becomes deep enough to attract diving ducks such as Tufted…

Northern Pintail

Less numerous in winter than some of the other species, Pintail are another very striking species that has a slim…

Garganey

Very occasionally in spring and autumn, the only summer migratory duck to the UK, Garganey, drops in on The Levels…

Gadwall

One of the smaller duck species, Gadwall have a much more discreet plumage though if seen close up it is…

Eurasian Wigeon

A call that sounds a bit like a referee’s whistle coming from the flooded fields will be coming from this…

Eurasian Teal

This is our smallest duck and sometimes during the winter numbers can reach well into the hundreds. The male is…

A shoveler is swimming on a lake in front of a few reeds

Northern Shoveler

A prominently white duck about the size of a Mallard and like the Mallard it has a bottle-green head that…

Mallard

Our most familiar duck, Mallards can be found on any bodies of water around the parish and numbers do increase…

Long Tailed Tit

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

Blue Tit

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