something with a red head was pecking around on the ground…

A beautiful Laced woodpecker

and then strutting on the road was a chicken sized bird..

a slaty breasted rail

Green pigeon

pair of pink breasted pigeons

asian glossy starling

juvenile glossy starlings

Rose ringed parakeet

yellow vented bulbul

distant Koel fanning his tail and calling

juvenile asian glossy starling

pink breasted pigeon

spotted dove

baya weaver

baya weaver

common flameback

front view

at the end of the trail, we went up the hide and spotted this egret in the field

Red wattled lapwings scurried about in the distance

Common snipe from a long way away

Purple heron on flight

Purple heron perched

a pair of pigeons were cuddling

white breasted waterhen

Wood sandpipers

and then a very kind gentleman showed us a rarity in Singapore…the booted warbler which was recorded as a first time sighting in Singapore! He was active and wouldn’t keep still….hence the blurry shots

Star bird of the morning…the Booted Warbler….thanks to Martin Kennewell for showing us

Blue tailed Bee eater from a long way out

and just as we descended the watch tower, this beautiful Common Iora appeared

Common Iora

another yellow vented bulbul on the way out

and a red whiskered bulbul as well.