eBirder Challenge for September 2026 – Winners Announced!

The BirdSoc SG eBirder Challenge for September 2026 is a wrap, with 25 eBirders completing the challenge. Read on to find out more!

Asian Dowitcher at Chek Jawa (ML665321660)Being among the earliest winter migrants to Singapore, shorebirds have arrived in masses in the month of September. To recap, BirdSoc SG’s eBirder Challenge for September 2026 is to fulfil either:Report more than 100 individual shorebirds in total, whether in a single checklist or summed across multiple checklists submitted on different days in September, and/orUpload at least one photograph of a flagged shorebird – one bearing a leg flag or band – as media on your checklist,where completion of both criteria gives extra chance in the prize draw.Checklists submitted must also fulfil the following requirements to be eligible:Submitted for September 2026 (not historical observations) in SingaporeMust be a complete and public checklistInclude counts for all species (no X’s)At least 1 species recordedBetween 3 minutes to 3 hours longLess than 4 km distanceWe are happy to announce that a total of 25 eBirders successfully completed the September Challenge, and with everyone’s collective efforts, a total of 25 species of shorebirds have been recorded in Singapore this migratory season. Congratulations to the winners!Ramesh TLor. Jerun KidKim Seng LimAndrew CrosslandPreeti PrabhuTony WongDylan CK LeeKok Hui TanPrayitno GoenartoYuh Woei ChongChien N LeeTom WellsYan Ze NgKoh WildGarrick SeahClarice YanAlain ChenJude FriesenStuart Rotheryalester tSophia TayChris DevillersYam Lim LimXinyu LinJohan LimWe have randomly selected 5 lucky eBirders from amongst those who completed the challenge to receive a prize from us! Congratulations to:Johan LimTony WongChien N LeeYuh Woei ChongKoh WildWinners have been contacted with details on how to claim your BirdSoc SG merchandise. Please keep an eye on your inbox!It would not have been possible to capture a representative data of the migratory birds wintering in Singapore without the contributions of each and every one of you eBirders diligently listing on eBird while birding. Check out our Month in Review for September 2026 to explore all the highlights of the month, in which 222 species were recorded across 1,913 eBird checklists.The next round of our quarterly eBirder Challenge will be in December 2026. Stay tuned for more details!