Birding Journal - Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve 20th Aug 2022.
Weather forecast : Rainy moring and afternoon.
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It was around 11am when we reached the Visitor Centre near Kranji Dam. I heard the loud chirping sound of the Scarlet-bakced flowerpecker when we reached the visitor centre. We spotted it at one of the taller tree but flew to a lower plant when it spotted us. Discreatly, we took a video and photo of it. Good start, I was thinking. |
Mid Canopy Walk. Today, we decide to take a walk at this hanging bridge. Usually we will walk the coastal trail. |
Lineated Barbet, Juvenile. Hubby spotted this juvenile at the end of the hanging bridge. Honestly, if this is an adult, it would not stand here so long. Would definately fly away upon spotting us. |
Ashy Tailorbird. As usual, there are lots of tailorbirds chriping loudly at the car park near to the wetlands visitor area. (The one nearer to the bird hide area). |
Fruit bat at the Wetland Reserve Visitor Centre entrance. Finally, we reached the wetland reserve visitor centre nearer to tthe bird hide area. The bats can be spotted clinging onto its roof again. To me, these bats are like the ambasadors of SBWR. Always here to welcome visitors. |
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This is the entrance where the bat was. |
We took a walk over the mangrove boardwalk, before crossing the bridge over to the "bird hide island". This was where we spotted the Copper-throated Sunbird, our lifer here. |
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Copper-throated Sun bird family. When I spotted the female initially, I did not bother to take a 2nd look because I thought it was a Brown-throated Sunbird. When hubby pointed to me that there is a black small bird up the tree, I knew we must have spotted the Copper-throated Sunbird. |
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Time to cross the bridge to the bird hide area. In my dictionery, this is the "bird hide island" as it is separated from the coast by a bridge. |
Common Redshank. I was elated to spot at least 20 of them upon reaching the otherside of the bridge. Since these are common migrant birds, meaning to say birds migration has started. Yehhhhhhh. |
Milky Stork. Continue our trail starting from the left side of the bridge, so glad to see the milky stork still aroud. (As it was already 12pm and usually, they will fly off late morning). Of course we spotted the usual egrets and grey herons here too. |
The main attraction and the oh so popular star in SBWR. The baby crocodile has grown so big now with mummy crocodile still watching closely nearby. The weather is changing, sky getting dark. While deciding should we head back to the visitor shelter before it started to rain, hubby spotted a small little bird on top of a tall tree. Amidst the dark backlight, I thought it was a flycather, another migrant (feeling excited). But... |
The Little Bronze Cuckoo. Oh, when I zoom in, then I realised we have spotted a little bronze cuckoo. For just a brief moment, it flew away. We tried looking for it, but somehow miss it. |
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The park has turn extremely quiet. No more sounds of cicadas. I recalled this signage and decided that we should seek shelter ASAP as we can see a strom is approaching. |
True enough, as we were heading back to the visitor centre, gust of strong wind started and it started to rain. We ran all the way back (until I cannot catch my breath) and upon reaching the visitor centre, the rain started pouring(2.30pm). We were so lucky that we were able to seek shelter here as the heavy rain lasted for 2 hours. Until 4.30pm, when heavy rain has turned into drizzle, we decided to walk back to our car. |
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Before walking back, we noticed people were waiting at the wetland visitor centre entrance. We noticed a signbord here and realised there is a shuttle service that travel from the wetland centre to the visitor centre. It was 4.46pm, after checking with staff that the transport has not arrived, we decided to wait for the transport instead of walking in the rain. Thank goodness. We were able to reach our car without getting wet. Today we were not able to explore the whole park due to the stormy weather. Only a quarter 1/4 of it. Well, it is the typical Singapore's weather that it will rain late morning and early afternoon. Perhaps should visit again earlier next time so that I can explore the whole place, take a picture of the trails and share with everyone. This free transport is available on weekends and public holidays only on my day of travel. Funny how I was not able to find the information from the Npark website. Perhaps it is better to call them to make sure the transport is still valid before waiting for them. The SBWR website. Update 1st Sep 2022 - There will be a $5 one day pass charge for usage of shuttle service. The free shuttle service has ended. |
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