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By the Bird Society of Singapore
Monthly Roundups
July 24, 2024 / July 24, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
The Black-winged Stilts drew much attention in June, and a lucky few managed to see a single Pied Stilt in their midst – just the sixth record for Singapore. Not to be forgotten was a single Jacobin Cuckoo at Kallang Riverside Park (this record is still under review by the Records Committee).
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Birders' Stories
July 6, 2024 / August 1, 2024 by OkamotoKeitaSin | Leave a Comment
Singapore island's first confirmed breeding record of a Mangrove Whistler in at least 70 years was recently documented and published in Nature in Singapore. Rogier shares with us his experience of documenting this historically exciting event.
June 22, 2024 / July 28, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
An otherwise slow month was brightened by Singapore's first record of Two-barred Warbler, and a Short-tailed Shearwater that unfortunately died after being rescued.
Science
June 13, 2024 / June 13, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
By Raghav Narayanswamy Thanks to CN Lee’s hard work and sharp eyes, as well as Vincent Ng’s follow-up, many of us were fortunate enough to twitch Singapore’s fourth Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola in January. I was lucky to have the opportunity to visit several(…!) times and observe its moult over the course of its 2.5-month […]
Significant Records
May 24, 2024 / May 24, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
Raghav Narayanswamy On 5 May 2024, Frank Rheindt discovered Singapore’s first record of the Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus at Kent Vale. The excellent photographs of this bird, but more importantly the audio recordings of its call and song, eventually left no doubt as to its identification. This photo captures all the features which immediately rule […]
May 22, 2024 / May 22, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
A very profitable April for van drivers at ferry operators at Pulau Ubin, but unfortunately neither of the standout birds at Chek Jawa stayed longer than a day.
May 2, 2024 by OkamotoKeitaSin | Leave a Comment
Have you ever felt that the cicadas in the region's forests are just too loud? Well, you're not alone! Laura Berman's recent publication shows that many birds keep quiet as well when the cicadas are in full force because their friends are simply unable to hear their calls.
April 24, 2024 / April 24, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
With three confirmed records of the Oriental Turtle Dove in Singapore over the last 6 years, and clear signs pointing to captive provenance for the latter two records, the Singapore Bird Records Committee reviewed the status of this species in Singapore.
April 22, 2024 / April 22, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | 2 Comments on Monthly Roundup: Mar 2024
With Chek Jawa not quite taking off (yet?) this year, March was mostly quiet with just a few lingering rarities from earlier in the season.
March 25, 2024 / March 25, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
The undoubted highlight of February 2024 was the Band-bellied Crake found by Art Toh and Choon Siang Tang at Ulu Sembawang.
