Saturday, September 29, 2018

Serangoon Tidal Gates, Henderson Waves 29Sep18

From KH

Danny and I started the day's birding at Serangoon Tidal Gates.

This Blue-tailed Bee-eater put on a good show.


This Red-breasted Parakeet was feasting away.


Beware! Lesser Banded Hornets on nest!


This Water Monitor caught our attention as it was swimming in a weird manner.


  1. 1 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type)
  2. 30 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
  3. 60 Spotted Dove
  4. 20 Zebra Dove
  5. 2 Pink-necked Pigeon
  6. 1 Lesser Coucal
  7. 2 Asian Koel
  8. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
  9. 2 White-breasted Waterhen
  10. 1 Little Tern
  11. 3 Gray Heron
  12. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Dark morph
  13. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
  14. 1 Common Kingfisher
  15. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
  16. 1 Collared Kingfisher
  17. 2 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
  18. 1 Sunda Woodpecker
  19. 1 Rufous Woodpecker - Heard
  20. 10 Red-breasted Parakeet
  21. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
  22. 2 Common Iora
  23. 1 Pied Triller
  24. 1 Long-tailed Shrike
  25. 2 Black-naped Oriole
  26. 2 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
  27. 15 House Crow
  28. 1 Barn Swallow
  29. 1 Pacific Swallow
  30. 2 Sooty-headed Bulbul
  31. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
  32. 2 Common Tailorbird
  33. 2 Ashy Tailorbird - Heard
  34. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia
  35. 7 Asian Glossy Starling
  36. 3 Common Myna
  37. 30 Javan Myna
  38. 1 Olive-backed Sunbird
  39. 2 Paddyfield Pipit
  40. 2 Golden-backed Weaver
  41. 8 Baya Weaver

Next, we headed to Henderson Waves to meet CH for some raptor-watching.

Most raptors were far away. This Japanese Sparrowhawk one of the closer ones.


  1. 1 Pink-necked Pigeon
  2. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
  3. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
  4. 1 Oriental Honey-buzzard
  5. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Pale immature
  6. 11 Japanese Sparrowhawk
  7. 20 Accipiter sp.
  8. 1 Brahminy Kite
  9. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
  10. 10 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
  11. 1 Laced Woodpecker
  12. 1 Tanimbar Corella
  13. 2 Black-naped Oriole
  14. 1 Barn Swallow
  15. 1 Pacific Swallow
  16. 3 Yellow-vented Bulbul
  17. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
  18. 1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
  19. 20 Asian Glossy Starling
  20. 20 Daurian Starling
  21. 5 Javan Myna
  22. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
  23. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird
  24. 2 Crimson Sunbird

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