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Birders' Stories
February 2, 2025 by OkamotoKeitaSin | Leave a Comment
In 2024, Ramesh started the YouTube channel "Bird Calls of Singapore" to share his video documentations of - you guessed it - wild birds calling in Singapore! Read more to find out about the story and passion behind pursuing his videography project.
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January 20, 2025 / January 20, 2025 by OkamotoKeitaSin | Leave a Comment
There are 429 species on the Singapore bird list today, but how did we get to where we are today? How has our birdwatching fraternity and the nation's bird list changed over the past decade or so? Richard explores these interesting questions in our latest article.
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.
December 11, 2023 / December 11, 2023 by OkamotoKeitaSin | Leave a Comment
Jelutong Tower is one of the few places in Singapore that offers rare eye level views of canopy birds in Singapore. Jayden and Jun Ze shares their experience birding at the tower every weekend for a whole year.
May 8, 2023 / May 8, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | 2 Comments on The discovery of the White-crowned Hornbill in Singapore
Shubo (Kiri) Zhang was one of the first observers to find and report the White-crowned Hornbill at Chek Jawa. In this contribution to our blog, he brings us through the journey of making this remarkable discovery.
March 24, 2023 / March 28, 2023 by OkamotoKeitaSin | 1 Comment on Once in a Lifetime Experience
Singapore's fourth Great Slaty Woodpecker - one of, if not the world's biggest woodpecker - was found by Kwong Marcus Alaric on 12 March 2023. He very quickly shared his sighting, allowing many in the community to enjoy the bird. Read on to find out about his experience discovering this marvellous beast!
January 23, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | 4 Comments on A Student’s Big Year
By Kaeden Sim Twitching and dipping, words I have never heard before. Now, during my Big Year (a personal challenge to see as many species of birds as possible in one calendar year), I would never be more familiar with those two words. I remember seeing Jen Wei’s Facebook post summarising his epic 2021 Big […]
October 2, 2022 / August 5, 2024 by Francis Yap | 5 Comments on Better Birds, Birders and Birding Through Data (Singapore Edition)
Introduction Ask any experienced birder in Singapore about what’s the best and busiest month for birding and you’ll hear either October or November mentioned. After all, migratory birds are coming in fast and furious during this period. One must therefore ask the question, “Are there any studies done to establish whether these two months are […]
January 10, 2022 / January 26, 2022 by Dillen Ng | Leave a Comment
Fuelled by the need for an avenue to destress during the pandemic, Max began his bird watching journey in 2021. Read on to find out more on how his casual journey turned into a serious sprint, and some of the memorable stories that he encountered in his accidental sprint year.
September 20, 2016 / December 2, 2021 by Francis Yap | 2 Comments on Loke Wan Tho – A Company of Birds
Published in 1959, the book “A Company of Birds” is a collection of bird photographs, ornithological notes and a semi-autobiography by Loke Wan Tho. These days, not many people recognise the name. Cathay Organization is perhaps better known in Singapore and Malaysia as a cinema chain, and in the past as a film studio as […]
February 11, 2016 / December 2, 2021 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment
With the explosive growth of bird photography as a hobby in Singapore in recent years, it is hard to imagine a time when the number of local bird photographers can be counted with the fingers of one hand. That was the case in the 1990s, in the days before the Internet, social media and pervasive […]
