Home Page – Henfield Birdwatch https://henfieldbirdwatch.co.uk A community website for Henfield's Birdwatchers Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:18:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://henfieldbirdwatch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cropped-cropped-hbwlogo2-32x32.jpg Home Page – Henfield Birdwatch https://henfieldbirdwatch.co.uk 32 32 Membership from £9 a year https://henfieldbirdwatch.co.uk/membership-from-9-a-year/ https://henfieldbirdwatch.co.uk/membership-from-9-a-year/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:42:50 +0000 https://henfieldbirdwatch.co.uk/?p=303 Please note Individual Membership will rise to £9 and Joint Membership to £12 for 2026.

As a reminder – joining Henfield Birdwatch means you can:

  1. join our well-attended meetings with talks by guest speakers, quizzes, and meet other members
  2. take part in one of the biggest local bird surveys in the country
  3. find out about and comment on what’s been seen in the local area through our IO group
  4. receive our quarterly newsletter
  5. join our survey leaders on their monthly area walks
  6. join us on special local birdwatching trips
  7. learn from experienced birders

Everyone is welcome, you don’t need to be any kind of expert, you don’t even need to live in Henfield – just have a love for wildlife!

All payments are handled securely through an external website. PLEASE SIGN UP AND PAY HERE.

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Bordered by the River Adur to the west, extending to Woods Mill and Small Dole in the south then following up through Woodmancote to the east while the northern border extends up to Mockbridge, Henfield parish is predominantly low level agricultural land surrounding the village itself. Mainly pasture with a little bit of arable farming, the major habitat in the patch are the Adur floodplains that can provide an excellent wetland habitat in winter. There are number of small woodlands and a patchwork of small fields are surrounded by an abundance of important hedgerows.

Woods Mill is the only designated nature reserve within the parish but there are pockets of excellent habitat that enables a wide variety of species to thrive. Within the village, gardens provide a haven for birds and other wildlife and contributes significantly to the parish’s diversity.

Cover of the Birds of Henfield

There’s lots more information about the area, good places to see birds and suggested walks in our 2025 book – The Birds of Henfield. Buy on-line now, only £20

Select an area to find out more details.

Map showing how Henfield is split into areas for monitoring and recording.

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All our walk and outings leaders prepare a brief Risk Assessment before the event. The information in this is usually given in the event description, like length of the walk, hazards etc. If you have any concerns at all, please discuss them with the event leader before you go. Everyone remains responsible for their own welfare. Here’s an example Risk Assessment.

Upcoming Events

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]]> https://henfieldbirdwatch.co.uk/events-and-talks/feed/ 0 About Us https://henfieldbirdwatch.co.uk/about-us/ https://henfieldbirdwatch.co.uk/about-us/#respond Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:01:12 +0000 https://henfieldbirdwatch.co.uk/?p=99 Welcome!

Welcome to the Henfield Birdwatch website. We are a group with an interest in birds and wildlife in general. We welcome people whatever their birding knowledge. We have group walks, talks, meet regularly for lunch and some people like to share their sightings online.  

We aim to ensure that Henfield remains a great place for birds and some of our members like to become more involved by:

  • regularly surveying and monitoring the local bird population and species
  • helping Henfield residents to be aware of our local birds and how to help them flourish

If this sounds interesting and you’d like to join us, you’ll be warmly welcomed.

Lots more information

For a some detailed information about birdwatching in Henfield, here’s a presentation from our Chairman, Mike. It was created for the Sussex Ornithological Society a few years ago.

Find out about Our Area

Map showing how Henfield is split into areas for monitoring and recording.

Our Area

Meet the Organisers

To find out more about us please click on the image.

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