Seletar Park Connector 05Mar26

From KH

The usual Grey Heron, Medium Egrets and Little Egrets were joined by an Asian Openbill for breakfast buffet at Seletar Park Connector.

Collared Kingfisher perched on railing.

Lineated Barbet perched on Sea Almond.

Yellow-vented Bulbul on a clean perch.

Malaysian Pied-Fantail, a very confiding bird.

Seletar Dam, Rower's Bay 18Mar25

From KH

Only 1 lone wader, a Tibetan Sand-Plover, at Seletar Dam this morning.

Of course, the egrets were around, as usual.

Great Egret dwarfing the Little Egrets.

Medium Egret standing tall.

At Rower's Bay Park, Collared Kingfisher perched nicely.

Sungei Buloh 01Nov24

From KH

I went to Sungei Buloh today. Nice to see a Terek Sandpiper among 74 Common Redshanks. Locate it at the centre in the first photo and on the left in the next photo.

The Eurasian Whimbrels were a bit flighty today.

3 of 6 Pacific Golden Plovers staying still during the whimbrel airshow.

Juvenile White-bellied Sea-Eagle, perhaps the reason for the whimbrel airshow.

Collared Kingfisher just looked on nonchalantly.

Black-crowned Night-Heron, juveniles and subadult.

Seletar Dam, Khatib Bongsu 09Oct24

From KH

At Seletar Dam, only migrants were 4 Common Sandpipers and 5 Little Egrets.

Resident Collared Kingfisher posed for photo.

Moving on to Khatib Bongsu, got another 2 Common Sandpipers.

Resident White-throated Kingfisher caught an insect.

The only other migrants were 2 Grey Wagtails in a canal catching flies.

Oysters in the canal.

Back at Seletar Dam, left 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Little Egret.

Upper Seletar 29Apr23

From KH

Danny and I went to Upper Seletar Reservoir Park today. Bird-wise, just the usual locals, like this Collared Kingfisher. Only migrants around were a couple of Arctic Warblers.

Bee attracted to Cempedak fruit.

Bee attracted to Singapore Rhododendron flower.

A couple of butterflies in the leaf litter: Fluffy Tit and Yamfly.

Giant Forest Ant in the leaf litter too.

Chek Jawa 05Apr22

From KH

The second Singapore record of Large Woodshrike was first reported on 3 Apr 2022 at Chek Jawa. Danny and I went on 5 Apr and luckily the bird was still around. In fact, it lasted until 8 Apr 2022.

The trees by the boardwalk attacted other birds as well, such as these kingfishers: Collared and Stork-billed.

And this adult White-bellied Sea-Eagle on a palm tree.

The famous Chinese Egret with red Korean flag K090.

Great-billed Heron kept it company.

This Eurasian Whimbrel with green on white flag H3 was tagged in Singapore and if you look carefully, you can see an antenna coming out of its back, which is really cool. That's how researchers track the migration of such birds.

Common Sandpiper on the rock.

Squaretail Mullet, the odd one out among other fish.

Eventually, we were escorted out by this Knight. What a nice name for a butterfly.

Tampines Eco Green, Pasir Ris Farmway 03Apr22

From KH

I went to Tampinese Eco Green for a walk.

Introduced Asian Golden Weaver, breeding male, making nest in Water Dead-and-Awake (Neptunia plena). What a name for this Neptunia! Compare with the completed nest on the right.

Local Baya Weaver in various forms:

Female type. Partial breeding male


Breeding male

Baya Weaver nests on Earpod Wattle (Acacia auriculiformis).

Male Red-breasted Parakeets sharing tree with Pink-necked Green-Pigeon couple.

Collared Kingfisher on bare tree. Sunda Woodpeckers on another bare tree.

Sooty-headed Bulbul on bush.

Pale juvenile Oriental Honey-Buzzard flew over me!

Chicken, male and female.

Chestnut Bob, a skipper butterfly.

Two trees side by side, one with lichens, one with mosses? Why?

Next, Pasir Ris Farmway. Got 5 Chinese Pond-Herons assuming breeding plumage. Here are 2 of them.

Javan Myna: I can also stretch my neck. Chinese Pond-Heron: Try harder.