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Finding an Asian Openbill in Singapore-second ever record!

10,000 Birds

We have just returned from an incredible three weeks in Singapore, where unlike many others who visit the country we spent the whole time in nature parks, forests and gardens observing birds. We travelled to Singapore from Broome overnight on 5th March arriving in the early morning of the 6th March. We had arrived at 09:15am.

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Herons and Egrets of Nanhui, Shanghai

10,000 Birds

If you see 50 cattle egrets following a plough on a rice paddy, less so. I have seen that myself in the Singapore Botanical Garden, though not in Shanghai. Irrelevant final comment: On my way to birding sites, I have been listening to a lot of The Economist articles recently. So, none of this from me.

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