Singapore Strait 13Oct18

From KH

Danny, JS and I joined this pelagic trip organised by Martin. The tern numbers were still good, but the storm-petrel numbers have dropped significantly.

We counted 24 Aleutian Terns! Here are some of them:

Bridled Tern swallowing fish while in flight.

The one and only Common Tern on this trip - of the longipennis subspecies.

Yellow for Great Crested Tern and orange for Lesser Crested Tern.

Swinhoe's Storm-petrel resting on the sea.

1. 24 dark swiftlet sp.
2. 116 Bridled Tern
3. 24 Aleutian Tern
4. 1 Little Tern
5. 1 Common Tern
6. 54 Great Crested Tern
7. 20 Lesser Crested Tern
8. 16 Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
9. 1 Little Egret
10. 15 white egret sp.
11. 1 Gray Heron
12. 2 Brahminy Kite
13. 2 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
14. 13 Barn Swallow