LCK3, Kranji Marsh 27Mar21

From KH

As I still need greenie, Danny, JS and I dropped by Lim Chu Kang Lane 3 for a quick check but greenie wasn't around.

Moving on, we headed to Kranji Marsh. Found this Large-billed Crow nest with 2 adults and 2 juveniles around.

Lesser Coucal sunbathing.

Tilapias gasping for air.

Kranji Marsh, SBWR 13Dec17

From KH

A Booted Warbler was first seen at Kranji Marsh on 4-Dec. I went today and the bird was still around!

Some folks from NParks were trying to mist net the warbler to confirm its identity, but the bird saw the net and flew above it! Here's a photo of the net as it was being set up.

There were a few OHBs flying around.

The Brahminy Kite went fishing (left). The dark CHE also showed up.

In the big open field were some Red-wattled Lapwings, Wood Sandpipers and egrets.

Red-wattled Lapwings


Wood Sandpiper (left) with Little Egret

At the Tower, a juvenile Blue-throated Bee-eater perched at eye level (left), and a male Long-tailed Parakeet flew past.

On the way out, there were a Lesser Coucal in the bush (left) and a Little Egret in the drain.

In the drain, there were Common Snakeheads (left) and Nile Tilapias.

Finally, a Common Bluebottle to wrap it up at the marshes.

After lunch, I went to the new Sungei Buloh, and got an Arctic Warbler on the way to Eagle Point.

At Eagle Point, I counted 111 Whimbrels.

A lone Common Greenshank with Whimbrels.


E2 feeding on a Mangrove Horseshoe Crab.


An untagged Whimbrel feeding on the same horseshoe crab.


Wired E8 feeding on a polychaete worm.

Some of the luckier Mangrove Horseshoe Crabs were seen mating or burrowing into the mud.

Finally, it was fish galore at the boardwalk!

A tilapia guarding its fries. An injured mullet


Green Chromides guarding a shallow ditch. Goldman's Goby


Kops' Glass Perchlets. Sea Bass


Stripe-nosed Halfbeaks. Spottail Needlefish

Seletar East 18Mar17

From KH

Danny and I went to Seletar East grassland and there were only 6 Pintail Snipes left, not more than 100 as reported last week by Martin K, plus a Common Snipe.

Common Snipe

Other birds in the grassland included this Lesser Coucal and Pacific Swallows.

Lesser Coucal preening as Pacific Swallow flew above

At the wooded area, many resident birds were nesting - Coppersmith Barbet, Laced Woodpecker, Common Iora, Olive-backed Sunbird, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Scaly-breasted Munia.

Female Common Iora collecting nesting material. Coppersmith Barbet working at nest hole

Laced Woodpecker. Sunda Woodpecker

Scaly-breasted Munia prospecting for nesting material

Male Olive-backed Sunbird

While some were already feeding juveniles, such as Asian Glossy Starling.

Other residents include a few Oriental White-eyes.

Oriental White-eye

This is the best time of the year where both Blue-tailed and Blue-throated Bee-eaters can be found at the same time.

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Other migrants present were 2 Yellow Bitterns, 2 Arctic Warblers, 1 male Yellow-rumped Flycatcher and a few Asian Brown Flycatchers.

Yellow Bittern

Asian Brown Flycatcher

After lunch, we went to out favourite place, Pulau Punggol, and got nothing much. Apparently, the Black-winged Kite chicks had fledged and the adults started mating again!

The only migrant raptor was a Black Baza.

Black Baza

The Baya Weavers were busy building nests and so were the African Golden Weavers.