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Monthly Roundups
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.
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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!
April 22, 2023 / April 22, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
March is normally when migrants are starting to return north, but it wasn't a quiet month by any stretch!
March 22, 2023 / April 15, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
A relatively quiet February 2023, with the highlight being a Grey-headed Lapwing at Holland Plain.
February 21, 2023 / February 21, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
The New Year started off with a group of four stilts at Marina East Drive – unfortunately, all turned out to be Black-winged in the end. Apart from that, the usual suspects kept us busy through the month, along with some rarities.
January 16, 2023 / January 16, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
A rather quiet December, but the first widely-twitched Red-billed Starling kept us busy this month.
December 22, 2022 / December 22, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
Always among the busiest months of the migratory season, November this year didn't disappoint, with records of several rare species through the month.
November 5, 2022 / November 5, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
An action packed October saw several mega-rarities, including a potential national first record!
October 19, 2022 / October 19, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
This September brought seabirds, some scarce shorebirds, and of course, the ever-faithful B5 Terek Sandpiper.
September 17, 2022 / September 17, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
This August featured the return of migrant action, with the first shorebirds and early passerine migrants streaming in.
August 21, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
July is the month where the first signs of migration begin to appear, with the first arrivals of early migrants like Barn Swallows and Brown-streaked Flycatchers.
July 20, 2022 / August 3, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
June was a relatively quiet month, but with records of rarities like Black-thighed Falconet and Pied Stilt, it's hard to call it a boring one!
June 19, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
The buzz at Chek Jawa continued into the start of the month, and more sightings of uncommon breeding species made this May one to remember!
May 22, 2022 / May 22, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
While April is usually the month when rarities begin to taper off and most migrants start returning to their breeding grounds for the summer, April this year was anything but quiet!
April 20, 2022 / August 9, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
We've been getting a lot of great birds lately, all thanks to the enthusiastic contributions of birders in Singapore! More and more members of the community are also using eBird to record their sightings, which has made it easier to keep track of these sightings in a single consolidated source. So we believe now is as good a time as ever for the Singapore Birds Project to start publishing monthly bird roundups, summarizing records of rare and scarce species locally over the past month. This roundup is the first of the series, and it contains sightings posted on eBird as well as rarity records submitted to the Singapore Bird Database.
