Marina Grove, Branksome Road 24Jan26

From KH

Danny, JS and I went to Marina Grove today. The little pond continued to support the Little Grebe family. Here's a juvenile.

Lesser Whistling-Duck chilling.

Ruddy-breasted Crake foraging.

A shy Little Heron.

Juvenile Yellow Bittern.

Most of them were juveniles. Here's an adult male.

Humped Bladderwort, a carnivorous plant.

Taiga Flycatcher continuing in the wooded patch of the pond.

In the adjacent grassland, Zitting Cisticola singing its lungs out on Neptunia plena.

Asian Openbill flew overhead.

As Danny has not seen the Common Hoopoe, we went to Branksome Road and the bird was in a different private property further down the road.

Hampstead Wetland 23Jan26

From KH

A juvenile OHB was hanging out on a flowering tree at Hampstead Wetland today.

Male Oriental Pied-Hornbill being shy.

Blue-throated Bee-eater out in full force, four in one.

This one preferred to be alone on Sea Almond infested with bagworm moth.

Seletar Park Connector 22Jan26

From KH

Morning walk at Seletar Park Connector yielded a Variable Squirrel, usually found at Bidadari area.

Plantain Squirrel, the usual suspect here. Eating Sea Almond seed here.

Also usual, Little Egrets, Medium Egrets and Grey Heron feeding on the barge.

A small flock of Asian Openbills.

Poor Water Monitor with a plastic collar.

Spiders with eggs on Sea Hibiscus leaf.

Tree with interesting seed pods.

Seletar Dam 18Jan26

From KH

I conducted the Asian Waterfowl Census at Seletar Dam today. Wader-wise, only Common Greenshank and 1 Common Sandpiper.

Lots of egrets and herons though, mostly at the far end, but good to have them side by side for comparison. Here, a single Grey Heron among Medium Egrets.

Here, left to right: Little Heron, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Great Egret.

A pair of Great-billed Herons photo-bombed by a Great Egret.

Raptor-wise, besides the residents, there was an Osprey on a pole far away.

Branksome Road 18Jan26

From KH

A Common Hoopoe was reported yesterday in the private houses along Branksome Road.

I dropped by today at lunchtime and the bird was foraging in the garden of one of the houses.

Sungei Buloh 17Jan26

From KH

Danny, JS and I went to Sungei Buloh today. We started at Kranji Nature Trail (aka new Sungei Buloh), where White-bellied Sea-Eagles were nesting in Albizia at the visitor centre.

At the old Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, a flock of 30 Asian Openbills was at the main pond.

Juvenile Rhinoceros Hornbill was feeding on Fishtail Palm.

Jurong Lake 10Jan26

From KH

I went with 3G Laus to Jurong Lake today.

First, a juv. OHB was harassed by 2 House Crows.

Then another 2 juv. OHBs were seen later hanging out together. No crows chasing them. Strength in numbers perhaps.

A pair of Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoos were hanging out in a tree.

A pair of Lesser Whistling-Ducks were in one of the ponds.

A lone Yellow Bittern was strutting along on the grass patch.