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Dungeness – January 26

There was a huge element of surprise on our trip to Dungeness this year. It was relatively warm! There were…

Val’s Area Walk

Angela, Andy & Anne joined me & Ezio this morning.  Limbo path under water so we kept to the railway…

A group of birdwatchers walking away from the camera

Pulborough Brooks – December 25

As I stood, wet and soggy, on Henfield High Street giving out HBW Garden Bird Survey leaflets with Lesley &…

Pagham & Medmerry

The Famous Five go to Pagham & Medmerry….. on a windy day. Our heroes were Nigel, Vicky, George, Christine and…


Recent Sightings

Isabelline Shrike

A new species for the parish! An Isabelline Shrike at Woods Mill was found by Birdwatch member Alex R on…

Close up of a nightingale singing

Millstream

I walked up the Millstream this morning, and the Nightingales were there, but making a very strange peeping noise which…

Marbled White Butterfly sitting on a purple thistle

Monday Walk 23rd June

Monday’s area walk was more about the butterflies! Plenty of Marbled Whites and Small Skippers, plus Meadow Browns, Commas and…

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,…