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Monthly Roundup: Sep 2022

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Monthly Roundup: Sep 2022

This September brought seabirds, some scarce shorebirds, and of course, the ever-faithful B5 Terek Sandpiper.

Highlights

  • First Blue Rock Thrush of the season, at its usual haunt – Pinnacle@Duxton
  • On pelagic trips, Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel, Common Tern, and Aleutian Tern
  • Two sightings of Gull-billed Tern
  • Sanderling at Chek Jawa

All records for Sep 2022 (Show all records)

Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus Show 3 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 16 Apr 2022

eBird
Sep 17 (2)
Sep 18 (1)
Sep 24 (1)
Sep 30 (1)

Rifle Range Link

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 12 May 2022

eBird
Sep 4 (1)
Sep 18 (1)

Windsor Nature Park including Venus Drive and Venus Loop

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 4 (1)

Jambu Fruit Dove Ptilinopus jambu Show 1 record

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 11 (1)
Sep 11 (X)

White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus Show 1 record

Neo Tiew Crescent — Private Fish Farm Pond

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 24 Jul 2022

eBird
Sep 2 (1)
Sep 5 (1)
Sep 6 (1)
Sep 8 (1)
Sep 10 (1)
Sep 11 (1)
Sep 20 (1)
(not a complete list)

Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator Show 2 records

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

Highest count: 3 individuals

Earlier record on 14 Mar 2022

eBird
Sep 1 (1)
Sep 6 (3)

Lorong Halus Wetland (inc. Serangoon Reservoir and former ‘Serangoon’)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 6 (1)

White-faced Plover Charadrius dealbatus Show 1 record

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

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird
Sep 30 (3)

Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Show 2 records

Yishun Dam

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 04 Sep 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Kaeden Sim

eBird
Sep 4 (1)
Sep 4 (1)
Sep 4 (1)
Sep 4 (1)

Sungei Buloh Wetland

Highest count: 01 individual

First recorded 11 Sep 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Keith Wong

eBird
Sep 11 (1)

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 27 (1)
Sep 28 (1)

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird
Sep 27 (1)
Sep 28 (3)

Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 13 individuals

eBird
Sep 26 (13)
Sep 27 (3)
Sep 28 (5)

Sanderling Calidris alba Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 27 Sep 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Lee Chien Nien

eBird
Sep 27 (1)

Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Show 3 records

Seletar Dam (Yishun Dam)

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Sep 8 (1)
Sep 10 (1)
Sep 10 (2)

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 8 individuals

eBird
Sep 14 (3)
Sep 16 (8)
Sep 26 (4)
Sep 27 (4)

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 31 Aug 2022

eBird
Sep 1 (1)
Sep 2 (1)
Sep 3 (1)
Sep 21 (1)
Sep 23 (1)
Sep 24 (1)
(not a complete list)

Terek Sandpiper at Sungei Buloh on 10 Sep 2022. Photo credit: Francis Yap

Terek Sandpiper at Sungei Buloh on 10 Sep 2022. Photo credit: Francis Yap
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Show 1 record

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 5 individuals

Earlier record on 28 Aug 2022

eBird
Sep 2 (5)
Sep 3 (1)
Sep 8 (1)
Sep 12 (1)
Sep 18 (1)
(not a complete list)

Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Show 2 records

Sea between Changi and Ubin

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 07 Sep 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Samson Hu

Marina Barrage

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 25 Sep 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Fadzrun Adnan

eBird
Sep 25 (1)

Gull-billed Tern at Marina Barrage on 25 Sep 2022. Photo credit: Fadzrun Adnan

Gull-billed Tern at Marina Barrage on 25 Sep 2022. Photo credit: Fadzrun Adnan
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Show 1 record

Singapore Strait

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird
Sep 25 (3)
Sep 25 (3)

Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Show 2 records

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

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 25 (1)

Singapore Strait

Highest count: 13 individuals

eBird
Sep 11 (9)
Sep 24 (5)
Sep 24 (1)
Sep 25 (12)
Sep 25 (13)

Aleutian Tern at Singapore Straits on 12 Sep 2022. Photo credit: Francis Yap

Aleutian Tern at Singapore Straits on 12 Sep 2022. Photo credit: Francis Yap
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Show 1 record

Singapore Strait

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Sep 24 (2)
Sep 24 (2)

Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana Show 4 records

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 03 Apr 2022

eBird
Sep 4 (1)
Sep 9 (1)

Lorong Halus Wetland (inc. Serangoon Reservoir and former ‘Serangoon’)

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 01 Jun 2022

eBird
Sep 10 (2)

Gardens by the Bay

Highest count: 3 individuals

Earlier record on 31 Aug 2022

eBird
Sep 24 (3)

Singapore Strait

Highest count: 8 individuals

eBird
Sep 11 (8)
Sep 24 (7)
Sep 24 (7)

Common Tern Sterna hirundo Show 1 record

Singapore Straits

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 24 Sep 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Yip Jen Wei

eBird
Sep 24 (1)
Sep 24 (1)

Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Show 7 records

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 3 (1)

Neo Tiew Lane 1

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 12 (1)

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 16 (1)

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 17 (1)

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

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird
Sep 21 (1)
Sep 24 (1)
Sep 25 (2)
Sep 25 (3)

Singapore Sports Hub

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Sep 22 (1)
Sep 24 (2)

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

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Sep 24 (1)
Sep 24 (1)
Sep 25 (1)
Sep 25 (2)

White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Show 2 records

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

Highest count: 12 individuals

eBird
Sep 21 (1)
Sep 22 (2)
Sep 23 (1)
Sep 24 (X)
Sep 25 (7)
Sep 26 (12)
Sep 28 (1)
(not a complete list)

Singapore Strait

Highest count: 5 individuals

eBird
Sep 24 (5)
Sep 24 (2)
Sep 25 (1)
Sep 25 (5)

Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Show 1 record

Singapore Strait

Highest count: 22 individuals

eBird
Sep 11 (2)
Sep 24 (22)
Sep 25 (1)
Sep 25 (1)

Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus Show 1 record

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 8 individuals

Earlier record on 13 Mar 2022

eBird
Sep 1 (1)
Sep 2 (1)
Sep 3 (1)
Sep 17 (1)
Sep 19 (2)
Sep 23 (1)
(not a complete list)

Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela Show 2 records

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 9 (1)
Sep 22 (1)

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 18 (1)

Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 9 (1)
Sep 9 (1)

Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting Show 6 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 05 Mar 2022

eBird
Sep 2 (1)

Kranji Marsh

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 05 Mar 2022

eBird
Sep 2 (1)

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 3 individuals

Earlier record on 15 Apr 2022

eBird
Sep 4 (2)
Sep 4 (3)
Sep 11 (1)
Sep 11 (X)
Sep 25 (1)
Sep 25 (X)

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 20 Apr 2022

eBird
Sep 22 (1)

Lim Chu Kang

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 07 May 2022

eBird
Sep 2 (1)

Windsor Nature Park including Venus Drive and Venus Loop

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 05 Jun 2022

eBird
Sep 7 (2)

Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus Show 3 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 04 Mar 2022

eBird
Sep 17 (X)
Sep 18 (1)

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 5 individuals

Earlier record on 06 Mar 2022

eBird
Sep 4 (1)
Sep 7 (2)
Sep 11 (X)
Sep 18 (5)
Sep 23 (5)
Sep 27 (5)
(not a complete list)

Windsor Nature Park including Venus Drive and Venus Loop

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 17 Apr 2022

eBird
Sep 7 (1)

Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea Show 1 record

Changi Bay Point

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 11 Aug 2022

eBird
Sep 4 (1)

Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens Show 1 record

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 24 (1)

Blyth’s Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis Show 5 records

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 21 Aug 2022

eBird
Sep 23 (1)
Sep 24 (2)

Rifle Range Link

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 4 (1)
Sep 11 (1)
Sep 11 (X)
Sep 17 (1)

Venus loop 1.35874, 103.82349

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 16 (1)
Sep 26 (1)

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

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Sep 20 (2)

SBG–Healing Garden

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 28 (1)
Sep 28 (1)

Black-headed Bulbul Brachypodius melanocephalos Show 1 record

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 17 (1)

Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis (species only included as it is relatively scarce in this month) Show 1 record

Lim Chu Kang

Highest count: 1 individual

Previous early date was on 05 Sep 2009

eBird
Sep 2 (1)
Sep 2 (1)

White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis Show 1 record

Simei

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Sep 28 (2)
Sep 29 (2)

Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica Show 2 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Previous early date was on 10 Sep 1987

eBird
Sep 3 (1)
Sep 4 (1)

Lower Peirce Reservoir Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Previous early date was on 10 Sep 1987

eBird
Sep 6 (1)

Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni Show 2 records

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 9 (1)

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 10 (1)
Sep 10 (1)
Sep 20 (1)
Sep 21 (1)
Sep 21 (1)
Sep 22 (1)
Sep 27 (1)

Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea Show 1 record

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 27 (1)

Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Show 1 record

Pinnacle@Duxton

Highest count: 2 individuals

First recorded 10 Sep 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Chen Boon Chong

SBP (subrecords)
Sep 11 – Wai Heng Lua (2)

eBird
Sep 10 (1)
Sep 11 (2)
Sep 11 (1)
Sep 13 (1)

Blue Rock Thrush at Pinnacle@Duxton on 10 Sep 2022. Photo credit: Chen Boon Chong

Blue Rock Thrush at Pinnacle@Duxton on 10 Sep 2022. Photo credit: Chen Boon Chong
Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus Show 2 records

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Sep 16 (1)
Sep 23 (1)

Yishun Street 11, Block 153

Highest count: 4 individuals

eBird
Sep 18 (1)
Sep 19 (1)
Sep 20 (1)
Sep 22 (2)
Sep 23 (1)
Sep 26 (3)
(not a complete list)

Rarity records still under review

Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii Show 1 record

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 23 Sep 2022

Record under review

Rufous-bellied Eagle at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve on 23 Sep 2022. Photo credit: Francis Yap

Rufous-bellied Eagle at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve on 23 Sep 2022. Photo credit: Francis Yap
Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi Show 1 record

Kranji Marshes near Raptor tower

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 23 Sep 2022

Record under review

Submitted by Alvin Wee

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.

Before our official launch in August 2023 (and subsequent renaming to the Bird Society of Singapore), articles on this blog were published under our previous name, the Singapore Birds Project.
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