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Sandpipers

A1 12 Jun 2022

FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G

GM 600/4. 10 Sept 2022

Manfrotto Series 190

Berlebach Report 8013

GHFG1.  14 Dec 2021

WH-200II. 29 Jun 2024

Common Sandpiper

A small, brownish sandpiper with a straight back bill and short greenish-yellow legs. Underparts white with prominent white patch between wing and breast. Also has distinctive white eye-ring and broad white brow. In flight, uniform brown upperparts contrast with long whte wing bars. Flies with stiff wing-beats, alternating with short glides on down-turned wings. Has an unusual habit of bobbing its tail.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

Eagle Point, 25 Jan 2024

f6.3 1/500. ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

A6400, Kranji Dam, 31 Oct 2020

f7.1 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

A6400,Kranji Dam, 25 Oct 2020

f8 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 400, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

A6400, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 28 Dec 2019

f6.3 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 2000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

Woodlands Waterfront, 22 Nov 2023

f8 1/3200.  ISO 2500, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Platform 2, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 5 Apr 2024

f5.6 1/2500. ISO 2500, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Platform 2, 23 Sept 2022

f8 1/1600. ISO 2500, GM600. TC 1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Woodlands Waterfront, 13 Nov 2022

f5.6 1/2500. ISO 2500, GM600. TC 1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Sungei Sembawang, 11 Sept 2024

f5.6 1/2500. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, 190BWH-200II

 Woodlands Waterfront, 13 Sept 2024

f8 1/3200. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, 190BWH-200II

Old Main Bridge, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 5 Apr 2024

f8 1/2500. ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

f8 1/3200. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 15 Jan 2024

Common Redshank

A medium size sandpiper with prominent red legs and feet. Lightly mottled grey-brown upperparts and whitish underparts with fine dark breast streaks. In flight shows distinctive white secondaries, a feature absent in the rare Spotted Redshank.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

A7R2, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 1 Sept 2019

f8 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

A6400, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 3 Nov 2019

A6400, f6.3 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 1000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

Old Main Bridge, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 6 Sept 2024

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 1600, GM600 T1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

A6400, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 29 Aug 2021

A6400, f6.3 1/1250. @600mm, ISO 5000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

Near Main Hide, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 17 Sept 2024

f7.1 1/3200. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

Sungei Buloh Hide 1D, 6 Sept 2022

f11 1/2000. @600mm, TC 1.4x, ISO 2000, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

f11 1/1600. @600mm, TC 1.4x, ISO 2000, S Buloh Hide 1D, 6 Sept 2022

f5.6 1/1600. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, SBWR Hide 1C, 15 Sept 2023

f8 1/2500. GM600, TC 1.4x, ISO 1250, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Hide 1D, 21 Sep 2022

f8 1/2500. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, SBWR Main Hide, 15 Sept 2023

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 25 Aug 2022

f10 1/1600. @600mm, TC 1.4x, ISO 1250, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 23 Sept 2022

f8 1/2500. ISO 1250, GM 600. TC 1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

f8 1/3200. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, SBWR near Platform 1, 6 Apr 2023

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, SBWR Main Hide, 15 Sept 2023

Old Main Bridge, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 21 Aug 2024

f6.3 1/3200. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

 Old Main Bridge, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 21 Aug 2024

f6.3 1/3200. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

Common Greenshank

Similar to Marsh Sandpiper but much larger and stockier. Bill greenish grey, slightly upturned with dark tip. Legs long and greenish yellow. Upperparts mostly greuish, crown, ear-covers, hindback, mantle and side of breast heavily streaked, unlike Marsh Sandpiper. In flight, note prominent white rump and back.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

SBWR Main Hide, 13 Sept 2023

f7.1 1/1600. ISO 800, GM600 TC 1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

A7R4 APS-C mode, Woodlands Waterfront, 2 Dec 2021

f8 1/1250. @600mm, ISO 1250, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

A7R4 APS-C mode, Woodlands Waterfront, 2 Dec 2021

f8 1/1250. @600mm, ISO 1000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 19 Sep 2022

f8 1/800. GM600, TC 1.4x, ISO 640, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Wood Sandpiper

A medium size, slender looking sandpiper with distinctive heavily spotted greyish-brown upperparts.Long broad whitish brow, straight greyish bill and yellow legs. In flight, uniformly brown upperparts contrast with white rump, also several narrow bars on tail. Underwings pale, unlike the more rare Green Sandpiper which ahs almost black underwings.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Hide 1C, 21 Sep 2022

f8 1/500 GM600, TC 1.4x, ISO 320, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Terek Sandpiper

A stocky-looking sandpiper with long, upturned blackish bill with pale pinkish base abd short orange-yellow legs. Upper parts plain brownish grey, underparts white with faint streaking on neck and breast. In flight, upper parts are uniform brownish grey with distinctive broad white trailing edge to secondaries.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

Main Hide, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 13 Sept 2023

f6.3 1/1600. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Eurasian Curlew

One of the largest shorebirds. Resembles Whimbrel but is much larger and has a longer bill. Female is larger and has longer bill than male. In flight, shows white back and rump contrasting with dark brown upperparts, and largely white underwing coverts, unlike the densely barred underwing coverts of the much rarer Far Eastern Curlew.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

A7R2, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 9 Sept 2017

f16 1/500. @400mm, FE 100-400/4.5-5.6 GM, TC 2x, ISO 4000

Berlebach Report 8013/erde-3065

Whimbrel

Large shorebird with long, decurved bill with pinkish base, and bluish-grey legs. Upperparts mostly dark greyish browm. Combination of prominent dark brown lateral crown-stripe and eye-stripe and broad whitish brow distinguishes from rarer Eurasian Curlew. In flight, dark above with contrasting white back and rump and plain whitish underwing coverts.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

A6400, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 3 Nov 2019

f8 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 500, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

A6400, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 4 Jan 2021

f8 1/500. @600mm, ISO 1250, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

A6400, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 27 Nov 2020

f8 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

A6400, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 27 Nov 2020

f8 1/2500. @600mm, ISO 1000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

Eagle Point, 29 Dec 2023

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 3200, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

Eagle Point, Sujngei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 21 Sept 2023

f8 1/3200.  ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

f8 1/3200. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, SBWR Eagle Point, 15 Sept 2023

A6400, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 12 Dec 2019

f8 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 27 Dec 2022  

f6.3 1/2500. ISO 1600, GM600. TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

f5.6 1/2000. ISO 2500, GM600. TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 26 Dec 2022            

Eagle Point, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 21 Sept 2023

f6.3 1/3200. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1 1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

f8 1/4000. ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point SBWR, 15 Jan 2024

f8 1/3200. ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point SBWR, 15 Jan 2024

f8 1/3200. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point SBWR, 15 Jan 2024

Kingfisher Pod, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 18 Sept 2024

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

Main Hide, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 6 Sept 2024

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 640, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

 Main Hide, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 6 Sept 2024

f5.6 1/3200. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

Bar-tailed Godwit

Like non-breeding Black-tailed Godwit but more streaked and buffer above and below. Slightly upturned bill, slightly shorter legged. In flight lacks upperwing-bar, has white base to uppertail-coverts, white tail wiht clse dark barring. Underwing whitish.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

One amongst the Whimbrels, A7R4 APS-C mode

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 23 Nov 2021

f11 1/1250. @600mm, TC 1.4x, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2