Raptor Report November 2019

The first record of the , a juvenile on 21 Nov 2019, at Jelutong Tower, by Alex Fok. Note the long tail, uneven spotting of the underwing coverts, and belly heavily marked by thick streaks (the last is variable).

Summary for migrant species:

It’s another amazing November, with 21 migrant raptor species recorded, compared to last November’s already high count of 18 migrant raptor species. On the 21st, Alex Fok was at Jelutong Tower when he photographed an interesting looking that was to become the first Shikra for Singapore! Previously thought to be resident where it occurs, the Shikra is now known to be a short distance migrant, with thousands passing Chumphon, Thailand during autumn migration, though only a small number have been recorded in northern Peninsular Malaysia.

Another lucky birder was Pary Sivaraman, who was at Ulu Pandan park connector on the 6th when he photographed a distant raptor that turned out to be a rare Short-toed Snake Eagle. An immature Rufous-bellied -Eagle seemed to be wintering in Singapore, being photographed at Ulu Pandan on the 9th, seen at Nature Reserve on the 14th and photographed again at vicinity on the 30th.

The third Besra for the season (this rare raptor is seldom recorded, and if we are lucky, we usually get one in a season) was photographed at Singapore Quarry on third November, what

Page 1 of 19 a coincidence, and by three lucky observers – Keita Sin, Dillen Ng and Fang Twangqi. This Besra was an adult female, interestingly the only previous record of the Besra at Singapore Quarry was also an adult female on 23 Jan 2010.

It was an exceptional month for the Greater Spotted Eagle, with 5 records just on one day - third November - Zacc HD photographed a very rare pale morph at Neo Tiew Harvest Link; Bryan Lim photographed two in flight at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve at 9:27am; Goh Cheng Teng photographed another at at around 11am; and Francis Yap photographed one at Ulu Pandan at 5:24pm, amazing. The next day, 4 Nov 2019, Sue Shuttleworth photographed a juvenile at the Botanic Gardens, perched on a bare branch. On the 6th, Choong YT photographed two eagles at Park; on the 9th, Zacc HD photographed another eagle at Henderson Waves; and on the 10th, two eagles were recorded/photographed by Oliver Tan, Woo Jia Wei and See Toh Yew Wai. All in, up to 10 Greater Spotted Eagles were recorded over a period of eight days.

The beginning of November proved to be a good time for raptors at the , with a Pied Harrier each, on the 2nd (female at Henderson Waves), 3rd (juvenile at ) and 4th (juvenile at Henderson Waves); followed by a juvenile Eastern Marsh Harrier on the 6th, and a juvenile Black Kite on the 7th, both at Henderson Waves. Elsewhere, single records included a Northern Boobook at Tuas on the 5th, an Oriental Scops Owl at on the 23rd, and a Common Kestrel at Tuas South on the 30th.

Six Common Buzzards were recorded, one at Kent Ridge Park on 7th morning, one each at Henderson waves on 7th afternoon, 9th, 10th, one at Business Park on 10th & 12th, and another at on the 26th. At least half (3 ) were pale morph juveniles. Eleven Grey-faced Buzzards were recorded, same as last November – two at Tuas (one each on the 2nd & 30th), nine at Henderson Waves (one on 2nd, 3rd & 10th, and six on the 7th).

Five Booted Eagles were recorded, a dark morph at Henderson Waves on the 3rd, a pale & a dark morph at Bukit Timah summit on the 10th, one at on the 18th, and another dark morph at the Botanic Gardens on the 21st. Eight Western Ospreys were recorded, with half probably on migration across the southern ridges. Of the eleven Peregrine Falcons recorded, a juvenile photographed at Neo Tiew Road by Pary Sivaraman on the 29th was identified as a calidus subspecies by Dr. Chaiyan.

Fourteen Jerdon’s Bazas were recorded, most of them (11) were on passage migration at Henderson Waves between the 1st and 16th, including a flock of 4 birds captured by Adrian Silas Tay on the 9th, and one with a damaged wing on the 16th; one was at Satay by the Bay on the 8th, another at the Botanic Gardens on the 23rd & 24th; and one wintering at Changi Business Park from 18th to the end of the month.

Thirty nine Chinese Sparrowhawks were recorded, many of them over Henderson Waves, while an adult female, likely the same individual, returned again to winter at . 194 Japanese Sparrowhawks were recorded, many of them also at Henderson Waves, with 47 birds on the 23rd; an adult female at Kent Ridge Park on the 6th was missing an inner primary flight feather, giving it the appearance of ‘6 fingers’, and it made also an appearance at Henderson waves on the 19th.

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We had 803 Black Bazas this month, with 100 birds passing on the 6th and 180 birds passing Henderson Waves on the 10th. Numbers for the Oriental Honey Buzzard stood at 1339, with a day high of 259 birds over Tuas on the 2nd, and 160 birds passing on the 19th, ahead of rain.

Short-toed Snake Eagle, 6 Nov 2019, Sungei Ulu Pandan park connector, by Pary Sivaraman

Highlights for sedentary species:

There were four Crested Serpent Eagles, one each at Jelutong Tower on the 10th, Park on the 19th, Marsh on the 27th, and one at Pulau Ubin on the 18th & 24th. We also had a single record of a juvenile torquatus tweeddale morph of the Oriental Honey Buzzard at Ang Mo Kio on the 6th, and an ernesti Peregrine Falcon at Hindhede Nature Park on the 11th.

Nesting-related activities were observed for two resident species. Two adult White-bellied Sea Eagles were flying together on the 10th at Kent Ridge, and one eagle was carrying nesting materials; two adult Brahminy Kites at on the 27th, carrying sticks/branches. The other resident raptors recorded included the Black-winged Kite, Grey- headed Fish Eagle, and Changeable Hawk-Eagles.

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Table 1 S/N Species No. S/N Species No. 1 Western Osprey 8 Residents / Sedentary Species 2 Jerdon's Baza 14 22 Black-winged Kite 2 3 Black Baza 803 23 Brahminy Kite C* 4 Oriental Honey Buzzard 1339 24 White-bellied Sea Eagle C* 5 Black Kite 1 25 Grey-headed Fish Eagle 4 6 Short-toed Snake Eagle 1 26 Crested Serpent Eagle 4 7 Eastern Marsh Harrier 1 27 Crested Goshawk 5 8 Pied Harrier 3 28 Changeable Hawk-Eagle 8 9 Chinese Sparrowhawk 39 10 Japanese Sparrowhawk 194 11 Besra 1 12 Shikra 1 13 Grey-faced Buzzard 11 14 Common Buzzard 6 15 Greater Spotted Eagle 10 Unidentified 16 Booted Eagle 5 29 Unidentified Raptors 1 17 Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle 1 30 Unidentified 83 18 Common Kestrel 1 19 Peregrine Falcon 11 20 Northern Boobook 1 21 Oriental Scops Owl 1 Total for Migrants 2453 Grand Total 2560

* C = Common

Page 4 of 19 1. Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus (8)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 1 1 Jelutong Tower Francis Yap 2 1 Henderson Waves, 10:45am – 2pm Oliver Tan 2 1 Henderson Waves, 2pm – 4:45pm Keita Sin 6 1 Kent Ridge Park Choong YT 7 1 Kranji Marsh Martin Kennewell 9 1 Ulu Pandan park connector RNVK Deepak 23 1 Henderson Waves Lau Jiasheng 26 1 Central Catchment Nature Reserve Oliver Tan

2. Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni (14)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 1 1 Henderson Waves, 10:20am – 2:30pm, flew over Oliver Tan at 2:16pm 8 1 Satay By The Bay Herman Phua 9 4 Henderson Waves, 4 together at 12pm Adrian Silas Tay 10 2 Henderson Waves, 10:15am – 2:45pm Oliver Tan 10 2 Henderson Waves, 1 at 10:35am, 1 at 1:20pm Sandra Chia 14 1 Henderson Waves, 10am – 12:50pm Keita Sin 16 1 Henderson Waves See Toh Yew Wai 18 1 Changi Business Park Steven Cheong 19 1 Changi Business Park Mike Hooper 21 1 Changi Business Park Herman Phua 23 1 Botanic Gardens Angela Yeo 24 1 Botanic Gardens Norhafiani A. Majid 25 1 Changi Business Park Mike Hooper 27 1 Changi Business Park Ramesh T. 30 1 Changi Business Park, observed feeding on 4 Michael Leong lizards

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Jerdon’s Baza captured in formation! Henderson Waves, 9 Nov 2019, by Adrian Silas Tay.

Jerdon’s Baza, Henderson Waves, 16 Nov 2019, by See Toh Yew Wai.

Page 6 of 19 3. Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes (803)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 1 37 Henderson Waves, in 4 kettles, 10:20am – 2:30pm Oliver Tan 2 3 Henderson Waves, 10:45am – 2pm Oliver Tan 2 68 , flew towards Coney Island Yeong WaiKai 3 50 Coney Island William Khaw 3 12 Coney Island, 8:15am Tock Sock Ling 3 1 Neo Tiew Harvest Link Zacc HD 3 40 Henderson Waves, dark morph, 10:20am – 4pm Oliver Tan 3 1 Botanic Gardens Zhang Licong 4 7 Henderson Waves Low Choon How 4 3 Henderson Waves, afternoon Alan OwYong 5 84 Henderson Waves, 11:30am – 4pm Oliver Tan 6 28 Hill Park, a flock of 20 & a flock Tan Gim Cheong of 8, 12:35pm – 3pm 6 26 Pary Sivaraman 6 1 Pulau Ubin Jacky Soh 6 100 Sentosa, a kettle of 80 and another kettle of 20, John Marriott 12:20pm 7 2 Kent Ridge Park, 10am – 12pm Alan OwYong 7 55 Henderson Waves, 10:30am – 3pm Oliver Tan 7 5 Neo Tiew Harvest Link, 4:17pm Angie Cheong 7 6 Neo Tiew Harvest Link Tock Sock Ling 7 1 Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Martin Kennewell 9 39 Henderson Waves, in 5 groups, 10:59am – Martin Kennewell 12:55pm 9 26 Henderson Waves, 1pm – 4pm Keita Sin 9 35 Sentosa, a kettle heading south, 2:06pm John Marriott 10 180 Henderson Waves, 10:15am – 2:45pm Oliver Tan 11 4 Henderson Waves, 2:30pm – 4pm Keita Sin 12 6 Henderson Waves, 10:15am – 12:45pm Oliver Tan 13 2 Changi Business Park, morning Herman Phua 14 4 Botanic Gardens John Marriott 14 2 Henderson Waves, 10am – 12:50pm Keita Sin 14 18 , 1:05pm Keita Sin 14 1 Tuas South Choong YT 15 5 Bidadari Chen Boon Chong 16 5 Pasir Ris Park Alvin Seng 16 45 Henderson Waves Tan Kok Hui 17 3 Kranji Road Lau Jia Sheng 17 1 Telok Blangah Hill Park Zhang Licong 17 1 Kranji Marsh Fadzrun A. 17 1 Oliver Tan 18 5 Changi Business Park, morning Ramesh T., Steven Cheong 18 2 Pasir Ris Park Steven Cheong 18 19 Tuas South Zacc HD

Page 7 of 19 19 47 , a kettle at 10:39am Joseph Lin 21 3 Henderson Waves See Toh Yew Wai 23 7 Kranji Marsh RNVK Deepak 24 1 Changi Business Park Vincent Ong 24 11 Botanic Gardens Darren Leow 24 1 Ang Mo Kio Esther Ong 25 9 Telok Blangah Hill Park Siew Mun 26 1 Lorong Halus Steven Cheong 30 1 Pasir Ris Park Herman Phua 30 1 Botanic Gardens Chelsea Lee

4. Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus (1339)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 1 14 Jelutong Tower Francis Yap 1 1 , pale morph Lilian Sng 1 9 Henderson Waves, 10:20am – 2:30pm Oliver Tan 2 259 Tuas Low Choon How 2 6 Henderson Waves, 10:45am – 2pm Oliver Tan 2 31 Henderson Waves, 2pm – 4:45pm Keita Sin 3 7 Tuas South Lester Tan 3 3 Neo Tiew Harvest Link Zacc HD 3 23 Henderson Waves, dark morph, 10:20am – 4pm Oliver Tan 3 1 Drive, female pale morph Betty Shaw 3 2 Singapore Quarry, adult female, 5:40pm Keita Sin, Dillen Ng, Fangqi Twang 4 8 Henderson Waves Low Choon How 4 3 Henderson Waves, 3 juveniles, afternoon Alan OwYong 5 8 Henderson Waves, 11:30am – 4pm Oliver Tan 6 1 Ang Mo Kio, juvenile torquatus tweeddale morph Vincent Ong 6 4 Singapore Quarry Martin Kennewell 6 31 Kent Ridge Park, including a flock of 23 at Zacc HD 10:45am 6 5 Telok Blangah Hill Park, ones & twos, 12:35pm – Tan Gim Cheong 3pm 7 13 Kent Ridge Park, 10am – 12pm Alan OwYong 7 79 Henderson Waves, 10:30am – 3pm Oliver Tan 7 18 Henderson Waves, 8:30am – 10:30am Zacc HD 7 1 Hort Park, adult female pale morph Tony Tay 8 4 Sentosa John Marriott 9 17 Henderson Waves, 11:05am – 12:46pm Martin Kennewell 9 16 Henderson Waves, 1pm – 4pm Keita Sin 9 1 Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West Michael Leong 10 2 Jelutong Tower Pary Sivaraman 10 2 Turut Track, 2 juveniles, 1 dark & 1 pale morph Jimmy Wong 10 1 Dairy Farm Nature Park Isabelle Lee 10 6 Kent Ridge Park, 10am – 2pm Alan OwYong 10 62 Henderson Waves, 10:15am – 2:45pm Oliver Tan

Page 8 of 19 10 2 Pasir Ris Park Peng Ah Huay 11 21 Henderson Waves, 2:30pm – 4pm Keita Sin 11 1 Bidadari, juvenile pale morph Steven Cheong 12 1 Bidadari, juvenile pale morph Fadzrun A. 12 16 Henderson Waves, 10:15am – 12:45pm Oliver Tan 13 1 Pasir Ris Park, juvenile pale morph Alvin Seng 13 1 Eastwood Estate, adult male pale morph Herman Phua 14 8 Telok Blangah Hill Park, 9:50am Keita Sin 14 11 Henderson Waves, 10am – 12:50pm Keita Sin 14 2 Botanic Gardens Norhafiani A. Majid 14 5 Telok Blangah Hill Park, 1:05pm Keita Sin 14 3 Bidadari Chen Boon Chong 15 2 Botanic Gardens vicinity, 1 immature female from Cheng Li Ai 13 Oct 2019 to 15 Nov 2019, plus 1 other 15 1 Pasir Ris Carol Lim 16 1 Rifle Range Link, adult Zhang Licong 16 116 Tuas South Lau Jiasheng, Danny Lau 16 65 Henderson Waves Tan Kok Hui 16 1 Bidadari, juvenile Vincent Ong 16 1 West Coast Park RNVK Deepak 16 3 Jelutong Tower Choong YT 17 5 Telok Blangah Hill Park Zhang Licong 17 2 Kranji Marsh Lau Jia Sheng 17 3 Dairy Farm Nature Park Oliver Tan 17 2 Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Russell Boyman 18 1 Changi Business Park Steven Cheong 18 2 Pulau Ubin Mike Hooper 18 6 Tuas South Zacc HD 19 2 Pulau Ubin Ron Rovansek 19 1 , juvenile pale morph, morning Ng Bee Choo 19 160 Hindhede, ahead of rain, 5:10pm Richard White 19 4 Telok Blangah Hill Park Choong YT 19 5 Sentosa John Marriott 20 3 Tuas South Tay Kian Guan 21 6 Botanic Gardens Dillen Ng 21 48 Henderson Waves See Toh Yew Wai 22 13 Henderson Waves Choong YT 23 3 Changi Business Park Ramesh T. 23 1 Bidadari, adult male Danny Lau 23 17 Tuas South Choong YT 23 149 Henderson Waves Tan Kok Hui 24 1 Telok Blangah Hill Park, juvenile Zhang Licong 24 1 Ang Mo Kio, pale morph juvenile Esther Ong 24 1 Telok Blangah Hill Park Lawrence Cher 24 3 Kent Ridge Park Raghav Narayanswamy 24 5 Kranji Marsh Tan Kok Hui 24 1 Pulau Ubin Evelyn Lee

Page 9 of 19 24 2 Street 22 Samuel Ng 25 6 Central Catchment Nature Reserve Oliver Tan 26 2 Central Catchment Nature Reserve Oliver Tan 26 1 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6, pale morph Siew Mun 28 2 Eastwood Estate, male pale morph & male dark Herman Phua morph 29 5 Tuas South Raghav Narayanswamy 30 5 Changi Business Park Darren Leow 30 2 Park Dillen Ng 30 1 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6, adult female Zhang Licong 30 4 Tuas South Tan Kok Hui 30 1 Bishan Park, adult female Angela Christine Chua 30 4 Bukit Timah Francis Yap

5. Black Kite Milvus migrans (1)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 7 1 Henderson Waves, juvenile, 8:30am – 10:30am Zacc HD

6. Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus (1)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 6 1 Sungei Ulu Pandan park connector Pary Sivaraman

7. Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus (1)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 6 1 Henderson Waves, juvenile, 11:30am Deborah Friets

8. Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos (3)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 2 1 Henderson Waves, female, 2pm – 4:45pm Keita Sin 3 1 Kent Ridge Park, juvenile Samuel Hernandez 4 1 Henderson Waves, juvenile, 12:09pm Francis Yap, Low Choon How

9. Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis (38)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 1 1 Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West, adult female Khoo Meilin & wintering. various observers Also seen on 2, 3, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 November 2019 1 1 Henderson Waves, 10:20am – 2:30pm Oliver Tan 2 2 Tuas Low Choon How 2 7 Henderson Waves, 10:45am – 2pm Oliver Tan 2 5 Henderson Waves, 2pm – 4:45pm Keita Sin 3 1 Singapore Quarry Keita Sin 4 2 Henderson Waves Low Choon How 4 4 Henderson Waves, afternoon Alan OwYong

Page 10 of 19 6 2 Pulau Ubin Jacky Soh 6 1 Kent Ridge Park, juvenile Zacc HD 7 2 Henderson Waves, 10:30am – 3pm Oliver Tan 9 4 Henderson Waves Dillen Ng 9 1 Henderson Waves, juvenile Zacc HD 9 3 Henderson Waves, 1pm – 4pm Keita Sin 10 1 Changi Business Park Ramesh T. 11 5 Henderson Waves, 2:30pm – 4pm Keita Sin 12 2 Henderson Waves, 10:15am – 12:45pm Oliver Tan 14 1 Henderson Waves, 10am – 12:50pm Keita Sin 16 1 Tuas South Lau Jiasheng, Danny Lau 17 2 Telok Blangah Hill Park Ramesh T. 28 1 Ang Mo Kio Central 3, adult female Choong YT 30 1 Botanic Gardens Chelsea Lee

10. Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis (194)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 1 4 Jelutong Tower Francis Yap 1 9 Henderson Waves, 10:20am – 2:30pm Oliver Tan 2 10 Tuas Low Choon How 2 15 Henderson Waves, 10:45am – 2pm Oliver Tan 2 6 Henderson Waves, 2pm – 4:45pm Keita Sin 2 1 Ulu Pandan Martin Kennewell 3 1 Ulu Pandan Martin Kennewell 3 1 Neo Tiew Harvest Link Zacc HD 3 13 Henderson Waves, dark morph, 10:20am – 4pm Oliver Tan 3 4 Tuas South Lester Tan 4 2 Henderson Waves Low Choon How 5 5 Henderson Waves, 11:30am – 4pm Oliver Tan 6 1 Tuas South, juvenile Veronica Foo 6 3 Kent Ridge Park, including 1 adult female Zacc HD moulting an inner primary, giving the appearance of “6 fingers” 6 6 Telok Blangah Hill Park, ones & twos, 12:35pm – Tan Gim Cheong 3pm 6 2 Pulau Ubin Jacky Soh 7 2 Henderson Waves, 8:30am – 10:30am Zacc HD 7 7 Henderson Waves, 10:30am – 3pm Oliver Tan 7 1 Kent Ridge Park, hunting an Indian Cuckoo, 6pm Alan OwYong 7 1 Sentosa John Marriott 8 2 Sentosa John Marriott 8 1 Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Fadzrun A. 9 5 Henderson Waves, 11:15am – 11:48am Martin Kennewell 9 4 Henderson Waves, 1pm – 4pm Keita Sin 10 2 Kent Ridge Park, 10am – 2pm Alan OwYong 10 1 Henderson Waves, juvenile Woo Jia Wei 10 12 Henderson Waves, 10:15am – 2:45pm Oliver Tan

Page 11 of 19 11 8 Henderson Waves, 2:30pm – 4pm Keita Sin 12 3 Henderson Waves, 10:15am – 12:45pm Oliver Tan 12 1 Bidadari Fadzrun A. 13 1 Hindhede Nature Park Martin Kennewell 14 7 Henderson Waves, 10am – 12:50pm Keita Sin 14 1 Tuas South, juvenile Khoo Meilin 14 1 Botanic Gardens Norhafiani A. Majid 16 7 Tuas South Lau Jiasheng, Danny Lau 17 1 Dairy Farm Nature Park Oliver Tan 17 1 Telok Blangah Hill Park Zhang Licong 17 1 Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 10:12am Henreitta Woo 18 1 , juvenile Veronica Foo 19 1 Telok Blangah Hill Park, adult female moulting, Choong YT giving the appearance of “6 fingers” on 1 wing & 5 fingers on the other, 2:20pm 23 1 Botanic Gardens Peng Ah Huay 23 4 Tuas South Choong YT 23 2 Bidadari Tan Kok Hui 23 47 Henderson Waves, up to 8 at any one time Lau Jiasheng 24 1 Henderson Waves, female, 9am – 12pm See Toh Yew Wai 25 2 Central Catchment Nature Reserve Oliver Tan 29 2 Tuas South Raghav Narayanswamy 30 1 Changi Business Park, juvenile, harassed 2 OHBs Darren Leow 30 1 Bukit Timah Francis Yap 30 1 Tuas South Tan Kok Hui

Japanese Sparrowhawk, appearing to have 6 fingers instead of 5 fingers due to moult, at Kent Ridge Park, 6 Nov 2019, by Zacc HD

Page 12 of 19 11. Besra Accipiter virgatus (1)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 3 1 Singapore Quarry, adult female, 5:40pm Keita Sin, Dillen Ng, Fangqi Twang

Besra, adult female, at Singapore Quarry, 3 Nov 2019, by Keita Sin

12. Shikra Accipiter badius (1)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 21 1 Jelutong Tower, juvenile, first record for Alex Fok Singapore

13. Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus (12)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 2 1 Tuas Low Choon How 2 1 Henderson Waves, 10:45am – 2pm Oliver Tan 3 1 Henderson Waves, dark morph, 10:20am – 4pm Oliver Tan 7 6 Henderson Waves, 10:30am – 3pm Oliver Tan 7 1 Henderson Waves, adult, 11:47am Zacc HD 10 1 Henderson Waves, 10:15am – 2:45pm Oliver Tan 30 1 Tuas South Tan Kok Hui

Page 13 of 19 14. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo (6)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 7 1 Kent Ridge Park, juvenile pale morph, 10am-noon Alan OwYong 7 1 Henderson Waves, 10:30am – 3pm Oliver Tan 7 1 Henderson Waves, pale morph, 1:03pm Zacc HD 9 1 Henderson Waves Martin Kennewell 10 1 Changi Business Park, pale morph juvenile Billy Goh 10 1 Henderson Waves, 10:15am – 2:45pm Oliver Tan 12 1 Changi Business Park, juv. pale morph, morning James Gan 26 1 West Coast Park, juvenile pale morph Keita Sin

Common Buzzard, juvenile pale morph, at Changi Business Park, 12 Nov 2019, by James Gan

Common Buzzard, juvenile pale morph, at West Coast Park, 26 Nov 2019, by Keita Sin

Page 14 of 19 15. Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga (10)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 3 2 Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 2 flying together, Bryan Lim photographed at 9:27am 3 1 Neo Tiew Harvest Link, pale fulvescens morph Zacc HD 3 1 Tuas South, 11am Goh Cheng Teng 3 1 Sungei Ulu Pandan, 5:24pm Francis Yap 4 1 Botanic Gardens, a juvenile bird perched on bare Sue Shuttleworth branch, photographed in the morning 6 2 Kent Ridge Park, 2 together Choong YT 9 1 Henderson Waves, 12:30pm Zacc HD 10 2 Henderson Waves, 1 was mobbed by 2 adult Oliver Tan Brahminy Kites, 10:15am – 2:45pm 10 2 Henderson Waves, 1 was mobbed by 2 adult Woo Jia Wei, Brahminy Kites, 11:30am See Toh Yew Wai

Greater Spotted Eagle, the rare pale (fulvescens) morph, at Neo Tiew Harvest Link, 3 Nov 2019, by Zacc HD

Page 15 of 19 16. Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus (5)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 3 1 Henderson Waves, dark morph, 10:20am – 4pm Oliver Tan, See Toh Yew Wai 10 2 Bukit Timah summit, 1 pale morph & 1 dark Martin Kennewell morph, drifting east at 5:21pm 18 1 Pulau Ubin, “landing lights” Mike Hooper 21 1 Botanic Gardens, dark morph, harassed by an Oliver Tan adult Brahminy Kite, 11:50am

17. Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii (1)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 9 1 Ulu Pandan, immature Krishna Deepak RNV 14 1 Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, immature Alfred Chia 30 1 Bukit Timah Nature Reserve vicinity, immature Francis Yap flying towards the summit

18. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus (1)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 30 1 Tuas South, female/juvenile type Pary Sivaraman, Gahyathree Arasu

19. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus (11)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 6 1 Kent Ridge Park Zacc HD 7 1 Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Chen Boon Chong 8 1 , juvenile Joyce Chia 9 1 Henderson Waves, japonensis, 1pm – 4pm Keita Sin 9 1 Sembawang Esther Ong 9 1 Tuas South Martin Kennewell 10 1 Tuas South, immature Martin Kennewell 11 1 Henderson Waves, 2:30pm – 4pm Keita Sin 11 1 Hindhede Nature Park, ernesti See Toh Yew Wai 14 2 Henderson Waves, both japonensis, 10am – Keita Sin 12:50pm 14 1 Sembawang, adult Esther Ong 7 1 Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Lee Chuin Ming 17 1 Botanic Gardens, 5pm Tuck Loong 18 1 Sembawang, adult Esther Ong 19 1 Hindhede, immature, morning Richard White 29 1 Neo Tiew Road, juvenile calidus, identified by Pary Sivaraman Dr. Chaiyan 29 1 Johnny Chew

Page 16 of 19 20. Northern Boobook Ninox japonica (1)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 5 1 Tuas South Yong Ding Li

21. Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia (1)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 23 1 Jurong, photographed in a school Norhafiani A. Majid

Resident raptors

22. Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus (2)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 16 1 Tuas South Lau Jiasheng, Danny Lau 17 1 Upper East Coast Road Herman Phua

23. Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus

Date No. Location and Details Reported By Common raptor 27 2 Pasir Ris Park, seen flying with sticks/branches, Alvin Seng apparently nest-building

24. White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster

Date No. Location and Details Reported By Common raptor 10 2 Kent Ridge Park, 2 adults flying together, 1 Alan OwYong carrying nesting material, 10am – 2pm

25. Grey-headed Fish Eagle Haliaeetus ichthyaetus (4)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 2 1 Tuas Low Choon How 6 1 Telok Blangah Hill Park, immature, Tan Gim Cheong 12:35pm – 3pm 6 1 Little Guilin, 6pm Ulf Remahl 19 1 Springleaf Nature Park, 10:30am Henreitta Woo

Page 17 of 19 26. Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela (4)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 10 1 Jelutong Tower Pary Sivaraman 18 1 Pulau Ubin Mike Hooper 19 1 Pasir Ris Park, adult Tan Yew Chong 24 1 Pulau Ubin, adult Evelyn Lee 27 1 Kranji Marsh, adult Lim Kim Seng

27. Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus (5)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 1 1 Pasir Ris Park, immature feeding on a lizard Alvin Seng 4 1 Henderson Waves Low Choon How 16 1 West Coast Park Tai Ping Ling 17 1 Telok Blangah Hill Park Zhang Licong 24 1 Telok Blangah Hill Park, juvenile Zhang Licong 30 1 Pasir Ris Park, adult Herman Phua

28. Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus (8)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 3 2 Neo Tiew Harvest Link Zacc HD 4 1 Henderson Waves Low Choon How 4 1 Henderson Waves, afternoon Alan OwYong 6 1 Kent Ridge Park Zacc HD 6 1 Telok Blangah Hill Park, adult pale morph, Tan Gim Cheong 12:35pm – 3pm 7 1 Sentosa Cove, juvenile John Marriott 7 3 Kent Ridge Park, 10am – 12pm Alan OwYong 10 2 Jelutong Tower Pary Sivaraman 10 2 Kent Ridge Park, 10am – 2pm Alan OwYong 17 1 Telok Blangah Hill Park Zhang Licong

29. Unidentified Raptors (1)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 8 1 Henderson Waves, distant bird appearing to be a Choong YT small falcon, flew in from DSTA building towards Mt Faber, 12:35pm

30. Unidentified Accipiters (83)

Date No. Location and Details Reported By 1 6 Henderson Waves, 10:20am – 2:30pm Oliver Tan 2 15 Tuas Low Choon How 2 1 Henderson Waves, 10:45am – 2pm Oliver Tan 3 6 Henderson Waves, dark morph, 10:20am – 4pm Oliver Tan 4 2 Henderson Waves Low Choon How

Page 18 of 19 4 1 Henderson Waves, afternoon Alan OwYong 5 5 Henderson Waves, 11:30am – 4pm Oliver Tan 7 24 Henderson Waves, 10:30am – 3pm Oliver Tan 10 13 Henderson Waves, 10:15am – 2:45pm Oliver Tan 12 3 Henderson Waves, 10:15am – 12:45pm Oliver Tan 16 3 Tuas South Lau Jiasheng, Danny Lau 23 1 Henderson Waves Lau Jiasheng 24 1 Telok Blangah Hill Park Zhang Licong 24 2 Henderson Waves, female, 9am – 12pm See Toh Yew Wai

Compiled by Tan Gim Cheong

Note: The numbers in brackets beside the bird names indicates the month's total number. Reports of the same raptors from the same area have been discounted to avoid duplication.

Many thanks to everyone who had reported their sightings in one way or another, and especially to Alex Fok, Adrian Silas Tay, See Toh Yew Wai, Pary Sivaraman, Zacc HD, Keita Sin and James Gan for the use of their photos.

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