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Monthly Roundups
April 26, 2025 / April 28, 2025 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
March is usually the last month for rare birds before we go into the quiet summer months. Some good birds usually make an appearance as they move northwards, like the needletails and flycatchers this year.
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March 26, 2025 / March 26, 2025 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
The Hair-crested Drongo at Mount Faber, which lingered into the first days of Fabruary, was the main draw this month. There was also a Himalayan Vulture, only the second record from a month other than December or January.
February 26, 2025 / February 26, 2025 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
So it turns out Mount Faber is good for other birds too, not just raptors.
January 26, 2025 / January 26, 2025 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
2024 opened with a White-throated Rock Thrush at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve on New Year's Day, and closed with Singapore's first Black Stork – on the last day of the year. There were other nice birds in December too, like a male Narcissus Flycatcher and at least two Thick-billed Flowerpeckers at Dairy Farm.
January 4, 2025 / January 4, 2025 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
A pair of ducks at Jurong Lake Gardens and a rare spiderhunter at Dairy Farm provided a dash of color in a month where most activity happened at Mount Faber.
November 23, 2024 / November 23, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
Bat Hawk!
October 23, 2024 / October 23, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
In September we welcomed most familiar migrants back to our shores, but most of the action this month was concentrated offshore, with seabird migration through our waters in full swing.
September 20, 2024 / September 20, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
August was a month of rare shorebirds, but most only stayed for one day. We also welcomed the reappearance of the Black-and-red Broadbill that was first ringed at Sungei Buloh in 2019.
August 25, 2024 / August 25, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
The main attraction in July was a Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo, with the stilts at Tuas South a welcome addition as well.
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).
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.
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.
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.
February 25, 2024 / February 25, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
The year was off to a good start with a White-throated Rock Thrush on New Year's Day, and it was soon joined by other megas this month.
January 26, 2024 / January 26, 2024 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
Tufted Duck was the mega for December, but the two birds were only in view for a total of a few seconds. The wintering harriers at Tuas were a bit of a consolation prize, presenting the best views in years, and included an adult male Pied Harrier – the first wintering male in several years.
December 21, 2023 / December 21, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
Raptor watching continued to deliver in early November, with several rather cooperative (but not for everyone!) Short-toed Snake Eagles, but the highlight of the month was a likely White's Thrush at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
November 24, 2023 / December 9, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
Shorebirds at our raptor watch sites and better seabirds from land than from sea made for a slightly offbeat October, but the month still brought lots of expected migrants too.
October 22, 2023 / October 22, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
A good variety of species made this the best season for rare migratory shorebirds in recent years, with Asian Dowitcher, Eurasian Curlew, and Broad-billed Sandpiper all being recorded. September is also the month for Swinhoe's Storm Petrels in the Singapore Strait, with a lucky group encountering three birds on the last day of the month.
September 22, 2023 / September 22, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
August saw the return of the shorebirds and first passerine migrants to our shores.
August 24, 2023 / August 24, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
The Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo was a lifer for many birders this July, as it has not been recorded in several years, and for those who missed the Great Slaty Woodpecker earlier this year, the one at Ulu Sembawang seems to be sticking around a lot longer. Unfortunately, the Black-thighed Falconet and White-chested Babbler were less obliging.
July 22, 2023 / August 3, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
A quiet June, as is typical, with continuing sightings of the White-crowned Hornbill and some other uncommon residents.
June 23, 2023 / August 3, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
Many birders in Singapore will remember the two flocks of Pied Stilt from this month, appearing almost at the same time, and even landing themselves a spot in the news!
May 20, 2023 / May 20, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
Birders were glued to Chek Jawa this April, and with its selection of rarities it's not hard to see why!
