Henfield Birdwatch

A community website for Henfield’s Birdwatchers

Sparrowhawk

This is likely to be the only bird of prey that will visit your garden and even then, it is probably going to be a blue/grey or brown flash that scatters the small birds at your feeders. Now and then, they will rest on a fence or low branch and you will see a bird about the size of a pigeon with barring across the chest, a female will have a white chest while a male has a rusty/brown tinge to it. Please don’t worry or get upset if they eat some of your small birds, that is what they do, they need to eat as well!