Monthly Roundups

Monthly Roundup: Sep 2025

Monthly Roundup: Sep 2025

Based on your feedback, our monthly roundups will see some changes soon. This will be the last one in this format. Please look out for the changes for October onwards and let us know what you think!

Highlights

  • Seabirds: Common TernGull-billed TernAleutian Tern, Bridled Tern, and Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel, at various locations
  • Female Mangrove Blue Flycatcher at Pasir Ris
  • New early date for Himalayan/Oriental Cuckoo at Jurong Lake Gardens

All records for Sep 2025 (Show all records)

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Chinese Garden, Eden Cafe

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird

Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (species writeup) Show 3 records

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 01 Mar 2025

eBird

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

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
(not a complete list)

Upper Peirce Reservoir Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax (species writeup) Show 1 record

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator (species writeup) Show 2 records

Lim Chu Kang Lane 3

Highest count: 3 individuals

Earlier record on 10 Aug 2025

eBird

Tuas South (Tuas South Avenue 16 and surrounds)

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 24 Aug 2025

eBird

Malaysian Plover Anarhynchus peronii (species writeup) Show 3 records

Marina East (Gardens by the Bay: Bay East / Marina Barrage)

Highest count: 9 individuals

Earlier record on 06 Mar 2025

eBird
(not a complete list)

Tanah Merah Coast Road

Highest count: 3 individuals

Earlier record on 31 May 2025

eBird

Seletar Dam (Yishun Dam)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Marina East (Gardens by the Bay: Bay East / Marina Barrage)

Highest count: 3 individuals

Earlier record on 09 Aug 2025

eBird
(not a complete list)

White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Marina East Drive

Highest count: 2 individuals

First recorded 12 Sep 2025

RC decision: Accepted

SG Bird Database (subrecords)

eBird
(not a complete list)

White-faced Plover at Marina East Drive on 30 Sep 2025. Photo credit: T.Ramesh

Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata (species writeup) Show 1 record

Singapore Straits

Highest count: 3 individuals

First recorded 20 Sep 2025

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Eurasian Curlew at Singapore Straits on 20 Sep 2025. Photo credit: Ng Yan Ze

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus (species writeup) Show 4 records

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 3 individuals

Earlier record on 20 Aug 2025

eBird
(not a complete list)

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 3 individuals

Earlier record on 27 Aug 2025

eBird

Seletar Dam (Yishun Dam)

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird

Pasir Ris Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis (species writeup) Show 1 record

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 18 Aug 2025

eBird
(not a complete list)

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (species writeup) Show 2 records

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 14 individuals

eBird

Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus (species writeup) Show 6 records

Kusu Island

Highest count: 25 individuals

eBird

Kusu Island

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Kusu Island

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Gardens by the Bay

Highest count: 9 individuals

eBird

Singapore Straits (including SG/Indo/M’sian waters)

Highest count: 15 individuals

eBird

Singapore Straits (including SG/Indo/M’sian waters)

Highest count: 9 individuals

eBird

Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus (species writeup) Show 2 records

Kusu Island

Highest count: 30 individuals

eBird

Singapore Straits (including SG/Indo/M’sian waters)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica (species writeup) Show 2 records

Breakwater @ Marina East, Singapore SG-SG

Highest count: 1 individual

Previous early date was on 08 Sep 2021

eBird

Tanah Merah Coast Road

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 23 Sep 2025

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Gull-billed Tern at Tanah Merah Coast Road on 23 Sep 2025. Photo credit: T.Ramesh

Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida (species writeup) Show 5 records

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Geylang River

Highest count: 6 individuals

eBird

Marina East (Gardens by the Bay: Bay East / Marina Barrage)

Highest count: 10 individuals

eBird
(not a complete list)

Kranji Marsh

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Changi Bay Point

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus (species writeup) Show 3 records

Marina East (Gardens by the Bay: Bay East / Marina Barrage)

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird
(not a complete list)

Tanah Merah Coast Rd

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird

Tanah Merah Coast Road

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Common Tern Sterna hirundo (species writeup) Show 3 records

Kusu Island

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 07 Sep 2025

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Singapore Strait

Highest count: 2 individuals

First recorded 27 Sep 2025

RC decision: Accepted

SG Bird Database (subrecords)

eBird

Singapore Straits

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 20 Sep 2025

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Common Tern at Singapore Straits on 20 Sep 2025. Photo credit: Ng Yan Ze

Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis (species writeup) Show 1 record

Singapore Straits (including SG/Indo/M’sian waters)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis (species writeup) Show 7 records

Kusu Island

Highest count: 4 individuals

eBird

Kusu Island

Highest count: 4 individuals

eBird

Kusu Island

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird

Kusu Island

Highest count: 9 individuals

eBird

Singapore Straits (including SG/Indo/M’sian waters)

Highest count: 5 individuals

eBird

Kusu Island

Highest count: 42 individuals

eBird

Singapore Straits (including SG/Indo/M’sian waters)

Highest count: 27 individuals

eBird

Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 5 individuals

Earlier record on 01 Mar 2025

eBird
(not a complete list)

Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster (species writeup) Show 1 record

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Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana (species writeup) Show 2 records

Fuyong Interim Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 10 Jun 2025

eBird

Upper Seletar Reservoir Park (USRP) inc. Mandai Road Track 7 / Nee Soon Swamp Forest

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Mangrove Pitta Pitta megarhyncha (species writeup) Show 2 records

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 01 Mar 2025

eBird

Pasir Ris Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
(not a complete list)

Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida (species writeup) Show 1 record

Sunbird Road

Highest count: 1 individual

Previous early date was on 29 Oct 2006

eBird
(not a complete list)

Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus (species only included as it is relatively scarce in this month) (species writeup) Show 1 record

Seletar Dam (Yishun Dam)

Highest count: 1 individual

Previous early date was on 13 Sep 1992

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Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea (species writeup) Show 2 records

Changi Bay Point

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Tanah Merah Coast Rd

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens (species writeup) Show 2 records

Upper Peirce Reservoir Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Bukit Timah nature reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Blyth’s Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis (species writeup) Show 4 records

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 20 Aug 2025

eBird

Healing Garden

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 30 Aug 2025

eBird

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

MacRitchie Reservoir curve

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird

Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica (species writeup) Show 1 record

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni (species writeup) Show 1 record

SBG–Healing Garden

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 28 Aug 2025

eBird
(not a complete list)

Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis brunneatus (species writeup) Show 3 records

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

Previous early date was on 21 Sep 2020

eBird

Thomson Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Previous early date was on 21 Sep 2020

eBird

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
(not a complete list)

Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra (species writeup) Show 1 record

Sungei Api-api

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 30 Sep 2025

RC decision: Accepted

Mangrove Blue Flycatcher at Sungei Api-api on 30 Sep 2025. Photo credit: Jonathan Tan

Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus (species writeup) Show 3 records

Kranji Marshes

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

White Wagtail Motacilla alba (species writeup) Show 2 records

SUTD / Changi Business Park

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 20 Apr 2025

eBird

Pasir Ris Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Himalayan/Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus/optatus Show 1 record

Cloud pagoda

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 12 Sep 2025

RC decision: Accepted

SG Bird Database (subrecords)

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