Monday, December 28, 2015

Changi 14Nov15

From KH

Today, the four of us joined the NSS raptor survey at Changi. We recorded the following raptors:
  1. Eastern Marsh-harrier 1 male
  2. Japanese Sparrowhawk >2
  3. Chinese Sparrowhawk >2
  4. Oriental Honey-buzzard >5
  5. Black Baza >2
  6. Peregrine Falcon 1
  7. Changeable Hawk-eagle >2
  8. White-bellied Sea-eagle >2
  9. Brahminy Kite >5
  10. Black-winged Kite >2

Tuas 11Nov15

From GC

1 Greater Spotted Eagle (record shot below) just after 12pm, and 1 Osprey before that - Tuas South

Coney Island, Tuas 10Nov15

From KH

I started at Coney Island myself and joined the rest later at Tuas.

Coney Island on 10 Nov 2015 7:45 - 11 am
  • 1 Booted Eagle (juvenile dark morph)
  • 1 Chinese Sparrowhawk (adult)
  • 2 Black Bazas
  • 2 Brahminy Kites (adult)
  • 1 White-bellied Sea-eagle

Booted Eagle


Black Baza

Some of the other birds here.


Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher. Black-naped Oriole.


Blue-tailed Bee-eater


Common Flameback couple. Red-breasted Parakeet


Tiger Shrike


Olive-winged Bulbul


Yellow-vented Bulbul

Plus lots and lots of people, the whole 2.2 km main path and all the beaches!

Danny reported Chestnut-winged Cuckoo, Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher and Arctic Warbler at Tuas before I reached, but no sign of Northern Boobook.

Tuas 09Nov15

From Con

One of at least 2 Northern boobooks.

Bidadari 08Nov15

From JS

At least 20 folks, including us, scattered around the Ruddy kingfisher, Black-backed kingfisher and Ferruginous flycatcher.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Poyan 06Sep15

From Danny

1 Sunda Woodpecker 1
2 Banded Woodpecker 1
3 Laced Woodpecker 3
4 Common Goldenback 2
5 Lineated Barbet 2
6 Coppersmith Barbet 5
7 Oriental Dollarbird 3
8 White-Throated Kingfisher 2
9 Collared Kingfisher 2
10 Blue-Throated Bee-Eater 2
11 Banded Bay Cuckoo 2
12 Little Bronze Cuckoo 2
13 Asian Koel 1
14 Lesser Coucal 1
15 Red-Breasted Parakeet 42
16 Long-Tailed Parakeet 15
17 Swiftlet Spp 19
18 Spotted Dove 26
19 Zebra Dove 11
20 Pink-Necked Green-Pigeon 34
21 White-Breasted Waterhen 2
22 Red-Wattled Lapwing 5
23 Brahminy Kite 1
24 Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1
25 Golden-Bellied Gerygone 2
26 Large-Billed Crow 1
27 Black-Naped Oriole 14
28 Pied Triller 3
29 Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo 1
30 Common Iora 12
31 Oriental Magpie-Robin 3
32 Asian Glossy Starling 66
33 Common Myna 1
34 White-Vented Myna 19
35 Pacific Swallow 10
36 Straw-Headed Bulbul 5
37 Yellow-Vented Bulbul 14
38 Olive-Winged Bulbul 4
39 Oriental White-Eye 17
40 Common Tailorbird 4
41 Dark-Necked Tailorbird 2
42 Striped Tit-Babbler 2
43 Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker 3
44 Brown-Throated Sunbird 2
45 Olive-Backed Sunbird 4
46 Baya Weaver 2
47 Scaly-Breasted Munia 5
Total No. 381

Serangoon 06Sep15

From KH

I did the fall migration census at Serangoon and Danny did his at Poyan as usual.

1 Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker 8
2 Oriental Dollarbird 1
3 Common Kingfisher 1
4 White-Throated Kingfisher 4
5 Collared Kingfisher 1
6 Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater 1
7 Little Bronze-Cuckoo 3
8 Asian Koel 3
9 Red-Breasted Parakeet 2
10 Swiftlet Spp 7
11 Common Pigeon 15
12 Spotted Dove 9
13 Zebra Dove 4
14 Pink-Necked Green Pigeon 2
15 White-Breasted Waterhen 5
16 Common Sandpiper 8
17 Little Tern 1
18 White-Bellied Sea Eagle 1
19 Grey Heron 1
20 Striated Heron 16
21 Black-Crowned Night Heron 1
22 House Crow 1
23 Black-Naped Oriole 9
24 Pied Fantail 8
25 Common Iora 6
26 Asian Glossy Starling 17
27 Common Myna 1
28 White-Vented Myna 20
29 Pacific Swallow 4
30 Yellow-Vented Bulbul 8
31 Yellow-Bellied Prinia 4
32 Common Tailorbird 4
33 Ashy Tailorbird 8
34 Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker 2
35 Brown-Throated Sunbird 6
36 Olive-Backed Sunbird 14
37 Eurasian Tree Sparrow 7
38 Paddyfield Pipit 1
39 Scaly-Breasted Munia 6
Total No. 220