After two months in Kalimantan it was time to arrange a new visa for Indonesia again ans so we spent another week in Singapore. I wanted to give the Mangrove Pitta another try, so we visited Sungei Buloh again. For information how to reach this lovely mangrove forest see this
post about our first visit to this site.
Unfortunately we did not find the pitta, nor many other interesting species. I think that Singapore is indeed generally boring outside the migratory season. We did find one migrant, a Pacific Golden Plover, that was still sticking around, but not the interesting migrants that can be seen here in other times of the year. Other interesting birds observed here included Oriental Pied Hornbill, Copper-throated Sunbird and Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker. We also saw a Saltwater Crocodile here, but dipped the Smooth Otters again...
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| Male Copper-throated Sunbird (Nectarinia calcostetha) |
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| Male Oriental Pied-hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) chewing on a stick |
I would advice against visiting this site (or entire Singapore) outside of the migratory season, for it is not the resident species that make this place (or country) interesting, but its migrants. Without them the birding is rather slow and boring.
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