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“Dr Lee Van Hien and me were photographing birds at Sungei Buloh Wetland in late March 2019, the tail end of the migratory season for birds travelling along the East […]
“Tied up inside a tiny cage, this Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) will spend the rest of its life eating coffee cherries and pooping out seeds because somewhere down the […]
“While in Taiwan on two occasions I heard mention about Pigeon Racing but had not paid much attention to it. I was told about tens of thousands of birds taken […]
![HoneyBuzzardO-chain [ThongChowNgian]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/HoneyBuzzardO-chain-ThongChowNgian-1-q8dgfsdjo0l3eawa5o7i8r1x08bt48ht6mulxq5pbk.jpg "HoneyBuzzardO-chain [ThongChowNgian]")
“On 7 Oct 2018, I was observing the Raptor migration at Khao Dinsor, Thailand. I noticed something hanging below a female Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) from a distance (above). As […]
![Bat - fish hook [JeremiahLoei]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Bat-fish-hook-JeremiahLoei-1-q8dgqe00qr3ibzhy9961d2r26o2txcktz3pqs2fv5c.jpg "Bat – fish hook [JeremiahLoei]")
Carelessly discarded fishing lines or even kite strings are a threat to our wildlife. Birds regularly get strangled by them include mynas, kingfishers, sea-eagles, owls and even hornbills LINK. Now […]
![MynaJ-quickties [KCTsang].jpg](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/MynaJ-quickties-KCTsang-q8dgmw1nayb348kwoqq12yjal1bn9wostsaogzmmb4.jpg "MynaJ-quickties [KCTsang].jpg")
KC Tsang’s image of a Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus) whose are legs were fastened with quick ties exposes the wickedness of the person or persons responsible. The image was taken […]
![RacingHomerPigeon [JacobTan] 2a](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/RacingHomerPigeon-JacobTan-2a-q8dfsqe21b0wmmdvs7fxl2hwgzypbhytoisv6ecbxs.jpg "RacingHomerPigeon [JacobTan] 2a")
“A few hours after the mass email was sent to around 1600 recipients in my mailing list on Monday evening LINK, one of our students, Basriyah, our Senior Teacher (Physics) […]
According to the Chinese zodiac this is the Year of the Rooster. Is it a coincidence then that in this Year of the Rooster, the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of […]
![PittaH-SBG {JLoei]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PittaH-SBG-JLoei-1-q8dg2w19vuxg2xmrh3ht1087jvwhhraeqskqv1a6pc.jpg "PittaH-SBG {JLoei]")
The pitta season is here again… and as in past years the birds were lured with mealworms LINK. Jeremiah Loei’s video and photographs of a Hooded Pitta (Pitta sordida) at […]
Kwan Hun’s video shows a pair of Oriental Pied Hornbills (Anthracoceros albirostris) picking trash in the Pasir Ris mangrove (below). Rubbish, especially pieces of plastic and fabric, can cause serious […]
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