Sungei Buloh 15Sep20

From KH

I spent the morning at the old Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve and counted the following waders:

• 50 Pacific Golden-Plovers
• 75 Whimbrels
• 1 Terek Sandpiper
• 3 Common Sandpipers
• 6 Common Greenshanks
• 88 Common Redshanks

A lone Terek Sandpiper in middle centre behind all the Common Redshanks.

Whimbrels

Pacific Golden Plovers

Common Greenshanks

Refer to https://ebird.org/checklist/S73615545 for the full bird list.

Juvenile Purple Heron


Little Egret

Thirsty House Crow and Water Monitor.

This Oriental Whip Snake put on a good show presenting itself from head to tail.

This juvenile Common Sun Skink tried to make a meal of a blowfly but failed miserably!

Another fly on an African Coromandel.

Some of the fishes I shot: Two Spot Gouramis, Whitespot and Green Chromides.

Unfortunately, this one is dead.

Took an obligatory photo of the roosting Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bats.

Many dragonflies! Such as this Common Redbolt (left) and male Common Parasol enjoying some together time.

Blue Dasher and Yellow-barred Flutterer having some alone time.

Here's a butterfly - a skipper.

Grasshoppers - Javanese Grasshoppers (adult and nymph).

and Rufous-legged Grasshoppers at various stages of life.

Cotton Stainers - Indian Cotton Stainer Dysdercus cingulatus adult and Cotton Stainer Dysdercus decussatus juvenile.

Flatid planthopper - adult and nymph.

A couple of wasps of different shapes.

A cicada and a bagworm moth cocoon hanging around.

A male Common House Jumper ready to pounce.

Singapore Vinegar Crab standing guard at its mound.

Snails - a water snail, and a land snail: Blinking Snail.