Category: Monthly Roundups

Highlights

• Green Sandpiper reported again at Lim Chu Kang Lane 3, possibly the same one that was first seen in Jan 2020 and again in early 2021
• A well-photographed Hooded Pitta at Jurong East Street 21
• A Lanceolated Warbler provided surprisingly good views this month at Kent Ridge Park, the same place where one has been seen in past years
• A successful breeding record of Common Moorhen

Highlights

• An electrifying record of Bat Hawk – just the third confirmed sighting in Singapore – was unfortunately not refound after the initial report
• Singapore’s 5th record of Red-billed Starling

Highlights

Please note that several of these records remain under review by the Singapore Bird Records Committee:

• Singapore’s first wild Black-headed Ibis, at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve – the Records Committee’s rationale is summarized in our recent article
• Not one, not two, but three sightings of Short-toed Snake Eagle within the month
• Continuing sightings of harriers across the island, including an adult male Pied Harrier at Tuas – the first one since 2017
• Singapore’s sixth record of Daurian Redstart, at the same canal where Singapore’s first Black Redstart appeared last year
• Singapore’s third record of Common Swift at the now-famous redstart canal
• Eastern Imperial Eagle at Mount Faber, the eighth record for Singapore
• Three needletail species – White-throated Needletail, Silver-backed Needletail, Brown-backed Needletail – all recorded along the Southern Ridges