Monthly Roundups

Monthly Roundup: Aug 2022

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This August featured the return of migrant action, with the first shorebirds and early passerine migrants streaming in.

Highlights

  • First record of Asian Dowitcher at a publicly accessible site in 6 years
  • Other scarce migratory shorebirds, including Greater Sand Plover at Yishun Dam and Black-tailed Godwit at Sungei Buloh
  • Up to 6 Brown-streaked Flycatchers across the island, clearly overlooked in past years
  • Jambu Fruit Dove at Dairy Farm Nature Park

All records for Aug 2022 (Show all records)

Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus Show 3 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 02 Feb 2022

eBird
Aug 5 (1)
Aug 29 (1)

Rifle Range Link

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 12 May 2022

eBird
Aug 6 (1)
Aug 10 (1)

Thomson Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Aug 6 (1)
Jambu Fruit Dove Ptilinopus jambu Show 1 record

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 18 Jul 2022

eBird
Aug 1 (1)
Aug 2 (1)
Aug 5 (1)
Aug 6 (1)
(not a complete list)

Jambu Fruit Dove at Dairy Farm Nature Park on 05 Aug 2022. Photo credit: Yip Jen Wei

Jambu Fruit Dove at Dairy Farm Nature Park on 05 Aug 2022. Photo credit: Yip Jen Wei
White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus Show 1 record

Lim Chu Kang

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 24 Jul 2022

eBird
Aug 22 (1)
Aug 24 (1)
Aug 27 (1)
Aug 27 (1)
Aug 28 (1)
Aug 28 (1)
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator Show 1 record

Jurong Lake Gardens (inc. Chinese Garden and Japanese Garden)

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 14 Mar 2022

eBird
Aug 7 (2)
Aug 13 (2)
Aug 20 (1)
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Show 2 records

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Aug 8 (2)

Yishun Dam

Highest count: 2 individuals

First recorded 05 Aug 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Vincent Yip

SBP (subrecords)
Aug 5 – Lee Chien Nien (2)
eBird
Aug 5 (2)
Aug 5 (2)

Black-winged Stilt at Yishun Dam on 05 Aug 2022. Photo credit: Vincent Yip

Black-winged Stilt at Yishun Dam on 05 Aug 2022. Photo credit: Vincent Yip
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Show 1 record

Yishun Dam

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 14 Aug 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Lee Chien Nien

eBird
Aug 14 (1)
Aug 14 (1)

Greater Sand Plover at Yishun Dam on 14 Aug 2022. Photo credit: Lee Chien Nien

Greater Sand Plover at Yishun Dam on 14 Aug 2022. Photo credit: Lee Chien Nien
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Show 1 record

Sungei Buloh

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 29 Aug 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Jared HJ Tan

SBP (subrecords)
Aug 29 – Lee Chien Nien (1)
eBird
Aug 29 (1)
Aug 29 (1)
Aug 29 (1)
Aug 31 (1)
Aug 31 (1)
Aug 31 (1)
(not a complete list)

Black-tailed Godwit at Sungei Buloh on 29 Aug 2022. Photo credit: Jared HJ Tan

Black-tailed Godwit at Sungei Buloh on 29 Aug 2022. Photo credit: Jared HJ Tan
Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus Show 1 record

Marina East Drive

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 28 Aug 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Michael Hooper

eBird
Aug 28 (1)

Asian Dowitcher at Marina East Drive on 28 Aug 2022. Photo credit: Michael Hooper

Asian Dowitcher at Marina East Drive on 28 Aug 2022. Photo credit: Michael Hooper
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Show 1 record

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Aug 31 (1)
Aug 31 (1)
Aug 31 (1)
Aug 31 (1)
Aug 31 (1)
Aug 31 (1)
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Show 1 record

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: X

eBird
Aug 28 (X)
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana Show 1 record

Satay by the Bay

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Aug 31 (2)
Aug 31 (2)
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus Show 1 record

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 05 Feb 2022

eBird
Aug 6 (1)
Aug 8 (1)
Aug 9 (1)
Aug 28 (1)
Aug 31 (1)
(not a complete list)
Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela Show 1 record

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Aug 16 (1)
Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii Show 1 record

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Aug 7 (1)
Aug 7 (1)
Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting Show 7 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 03 Feb 2022

eBird
Aug 1 (1)
Aug 2 (1)
Aug 3 (1)
Aug 10 (1)
Aug 11 (1)
Aug 13 (1)
(not a complete list)

Kranji Marsh

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 13 Feb 2022

eBird
Aug 7 (1)
Aug 27 (1)
Aug 28 (1)

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 25 Feb 2022

eBird
Aug 7 (1)
Aug 9 (1)
Aug 14 (1)
Aug 14 (1)
Aug 21 (1)
Aug 28 (2)
Aug 28 (2)

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 01 May 2022

eBird
Aug 27 (1)
Aug 27 (1)
Aug 28 (1)
Aug 28 (1)
Aug 28 (1)
Aug 30 (1)

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 07 May 2022

eBird
Aug 14 (1)
Aug 28 (1)

Windsor Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 05 Jun 2022

eBird
Aug 28 (1)

Punggol Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Aug 19 (1)
Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus Show 2 records

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 6 individuals

Earlier record on 25 Feb 2022

eBird
Aug 9 (X)
Aug 14 (X)
Aug 14 (6)
Aug 21 (X)
Aug 21 (X)
Aug 28 (X)

SBG–Healing Garden

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Aug 15 (1)
Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea Show 1 record

Changi Bay Point

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Aug 11 (1)
Aug 17 (1)
Blyth’s Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis Show 2 records

SBG–Healing Garden

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Aug 15 (1)

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Aug 21 (1)
Aug 21 (1)
Aug 22 (1)
Aug 27 (1)
Aug 28 (1)
Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni Show 6 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 23 Jul 2022

eBird
Aug 1 (1)
Aug 1 (1)
Aug 5 (1)
Aug 6 (1)

Jurong Lake Gardens (inc. Chinese Garden and Japanese Garden)

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 24 Jul 2022

eBird
Aug 10 (1)

Thomson Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 27 Jul 2022

eBird
Aug 6 (1)

Pasir Ris Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Aug 10 (1)

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Aug 14 (1)

Choa Chu Kang Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Aug 5 (1)
Aug 6 (1)
Aug 7 (1)
Aug 8 (1)
Aug 9 (1)
Aug 10 (1)
Aug 11 (1)
(not a complete list)

Brown-streaked Flycatcher at Choa Chu Kang Park on 12 Aug 2022. Photo credit: Francis Yap

Brown-streaked Flycatcher at Choa Chu Kang Park on 12 Aug 2022. Photo credit: Francis Yap
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata Show 1 record

Telok Blangah Hill Park

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 17 Mar 2022

eBird
Aug 13 (1)
Aug 18 (2)

This report is made possible by analyzing the many hundreds of checklists uploaded to eBird every month, identifying and merging sightings, and compiling these records into the required format. This process is almost entirely automated, with light editing by our team as needed. We hope that we did not overlook any eBird records of species listed in this report, and that the report is factually correct.

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