Chek Jawa 14May23

From KH

Last try for Stripe-throated Bulbul with Danny at Chek Jawa. No happiness, but nice to welcome Chinese Egret with Korean flag K090 back.

Great-billed Heron couple.

Grey Heron. Medium Egret.

Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike taking up permanent residence.

Pacific Swallow: now that we're on the beach, you are dozing off??

As it was low tide, there were a myriad of mudflat acitivities going on, such as these Gold-spotted Mudskippers skipping around.

Alpheus snapping shrimp busy digging its burrow, while its goby buddy stood guard.

Their busybody crab neighbour came to see what the commotion was about.

A closer look at the kay-poh crab.

Another goby was lamenting: hey buddy, time to come out to work!

Lots of Asian Blue Swimming Crabs were out and about.

Some in the company of small fish.

Here's a bigger crab with blue pincers.

What a cute little horseshoe crab.

Singapore Glassy Perchlets also came out to play.

Different types of seagrasses.

Sembawang Park 07May18

From KH

A pair of Zebra Dove going all lovey-dovey.

This Mangrove Horseshoe Crab didn't make it.

1. 10 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2. 8 Spotted Dove
3. 6 Zebra Dove
4. 4 Pink-necked Pigeon
5. 1 Asian Koel - Heard
6. 5 dark swiftlet sp.
7. 3 Collared Kingfisher
8. 2 Coppersmith Barbet - Making tree hole
9. 1 Long-tailed Parakeet
10. 2 Common Iora
11. 4 Black-naped Oriole
12. 1 House Crow
13. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
14. 2 Common Tailorbird
15. 2 Oriental White-eye
16. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
17. 10 Javan Myna
18. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
19. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
20. 4 Olive-backed Sunbird

Coney Island 15Apr18

From KH

Someone's feeding these Golden-backed Weavers (left), Baya Weavers and Eurasian Tree Sparrow (right).

Tiger Shrike assuming breeding plumage.

Scaly-breasted Munia nest - the bird was seen bringing nesting materials in.

Stripe-nosed Halfbeak with a few Crescent Perch.

Grey Knight Goby (left) and a mudskipper.

A Spangled Gudgeon (left) and Javanese Ricefish.

Mangrove Horseshoe Crab.

Orange Mud Crab with one claw.

Mangrove Tree-dwelling Crab (Selatium brockii) (left) and Purple Climber Crab (Metopograpsus sp.) with acorn barnacles.

Sea Slaters.

1. 1 Gray Heron
2. 1 Brahminy Kite
3. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
4. 3 White-breasted Waterhen
5. 10 Spotted Dove
6. 4 Zebra Dove
7. 1 Lesser Coucal - Heard
8. 1 Banded Bay Cuckoo
9. 1 Plaintive Cuckoo - Heard
10. 4 dark swiftlet sp.
11. 4 Collared Kingfisher
12. 2 Dollarbird
13. 1 Sunda Woodpecker
14. 2 Common Flameback - A pair
15. 5 Red-breasted Parakeet
16. 1 Blue-winged Pitta
17. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
18. 4 Common Iora
19. 1 Tiger Shrike - Adult
20. 1 Long-tailed Shrike
21. 4 Black-naped Oriole
22. 1 House Crow
23. 1 Large-billed Crow
24. 2 Pacific Swallow
25. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
26. 2 Olive-winged Bulbul
27. 2 Common Tailorbird
28. 2 Ashy Tailorbird
29. 3 Yellow-bellied Prinia
30. 2 Asian Brown Flycatcher
31. 4 Oriental Magpie-Robin
32. 10 Javan Myna
33. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird
34. 5 Eurasian Tree Sparrow
35. 10 Golden-backed Weaver
36. 10 Baya Weaver
37. 1 Scaly-breasted Munia

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