I will in Singapore from 26 September till 2 October.
Which are the best birding spots to go to to see most of Singapore's birds?
I am particlularly interested in seeing the Oriental Pied Hornbill, and Sunbirds.
I will be spending a day on Pulau Ubin.
Thanks.
Interesting... I was overlapping with you! I was there on-and-off between 19 September and 2nd October.
Would like to know where you went and what you saw.
Fitting in birding between customer meetings and travel to other parts of SE Asia, I was pleased to hit 50 species including 32 lifers!
I had two full days free while I was there, the Saturday in the middle of the trip and the Saturday at the end of the trip.
The first one I spent at Bukit Timah NR in absolutely atrocious conditions. Tropical rain, almost continuous for 4 hours before I gave up and went back to my hotel to dry out. Hardly any birds seen, as the conditions presumably drove them into cover, but I did have a close encounter with a very cool snake, Wagler's Pit Viper.
The second Saturday was spent at Pulau Ubin, which was a very enjoyable trip. Took an early "bumboat" out from Changi Village, and spent the whole day walking around the forests and coastline, and this time mostly managing to avoid the rain. Highlights were close fly-bys from a White-bellied Fish Eagle and a Black-winged Kite, watching a flock of Pin-striped Tit-babbler scouting along the shoreline from one of the boardwalks out into the sea, and the quite amazing Butterfly garden, where I saw more than 20 stunning species.
In fact, I picked up the vast majority of the species during the rest of the week, as, whenever I had a spare hour at the end of the day or between meetings, I would walk around my local area (one-north Park/Queenstown) or make a short exploration of a promising area (Dover Forest, Botanic Gardens).
Full list, with *lifers
| House crow | SIN airport |
| Javan Myna* | SIN airport |
| Common Myna | SIN airport |
| Feral pigeon | Changi Village |
| Red-breasted parakeet* | Changi Village |
| Pink-necked Green Pigeon* | Changi Village |
| Pacific swallow* | Changi Village |
| White-bellied Sea-eagle* | Changi Village |
| Brahminy kite* | Changi Village |
| Black-winged kite* | Changi Point |
| Oriental Pied Hornbill* | Changi Point |
| Common sandpiper | Changi Point |
| Zebra dove* | Queenstown |
| Black-naped oriole | Queenstown |
| Common Tailorbird* | Queenstown |
| Tree sparrow | one-north Park |
| Yellow-vented bulbul* | one-north Park |
| Asian glossy starling* | Queenstown |
| Red junglefowl | Queenstown |
| Spotted dove | Queenstown |
| Striated heron | Queenstown |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Queenstown |
| Common Flameback | Queenstown |
| Olive-backed sunbird* | Queenstown |
| Blue-throated bee-eater* | Dover Forest West |
| Yellow-rumped flycatcher* | Dover Forest West |
| Malaysian Pied Fantail* | Dover Forest West |
| Rufous woodpecker* | Dover Forest West |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon* | Dover Forest West |
| Collared Kingfisher* | one-north Park |
| Common Iora* | one-north Park |
| White-breasted Waterhen* | one-north Park |
| White-crested Laughingthrush* | one-north Park |
| White-headed Munia* | Queenstown |
| Asian Koel | Queenstown |
| Arctic Warbler | Bukit Timah NR |
| Olive-winged Bulbul* | Bukit Timah NR |
| Yellow Bittern* | Singapore Botanic Gardens |
| Long-tailed Nightjar | Singapore Botanic Gardens |
| Crimson Sunbird | Singapore Botanic Gardens |
| Common Kingfisher | Singapore Botanic Gardens |
| Lesser Whistling Duck* | Singapore Botanic Gardens |
| Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot* | Singapore Botanic Gardens |
| Dark-necked Tailorbird* | Singapore Botanic Gardens |
| Grey heron | Pulau Ubin, Singapore |
| Purple heron | Pulau Ubin, Singapore |
| Brown-throated sunbird* | Pulau Ubin, Singapore |
| Pin-striped Tit-babbler* | Pulau Ubin, Singapore |
| Greater Racket-tailed Drongo* | Pulau Ubin, Singapore |
| Oriental Magpie-Robin | Pulau Ubin, Singapore |
