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![MWMonotor-Heron [JkaiChan] 1 (1)](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/MWMonotor-Heron-JkaiChan-1-1-q8dgrflkc4iz8dzc5pf44t9hy2xih8q3g9t5z4w48g.jpg "MWMonotor-Heron [JkaiChan] 1 (1)")
The above photograph was documented at about 8.35 PM around Pandan River by Jkai Chan. A “great action shot” wrote Tay Yew Nguan. Lanceflare Photoblog was also impressed, noting that […]
Aviculturist Lee Chiu San was impressed with the video documented by Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS showing a Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) struggling with an Asian Swamp Eel (Monopterus albus), also […]
“I was out in the city looking up some nesting sites when I saw this Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea manilensis) intently focused on some prey. I watched from the car, […]
![HeronP-feed jv [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/HeronP-feed-jv-AmarSingh-q8dgkgmnnczf4i3vv6xq52lfc7aie21rhrmiu988ds.jpg "HeronP-feed jv [AmarSingh]")
“I had an opportunity to observe a small, new heronry that was protected by 15-16 meters of water of an old tin mining pond. “There were only a few birds […]
![K'fisherCo-scratch [HioJohn]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/KfisherCo-scratch-HioJohn-q8dgccaulvv8trwia6kr3md2ldbcw6t8pkqil79o4w.jpg "K’fisherCo-scratch [HioJohn]")
Birds scratch their head when there is a need to respond to an itch, a spot where the bill cannot reach, like the Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) above or the […]
“I managed to observe a Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) in action after about an hour of waiting. Correct me if I’m wrong – the prey seems to be an eel. […]
![HeronP [SunChongHong]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/HeronP-SunChongHong-q8dgjvy7h07412xx7xzxm7ta9q4fopro2x9ua62w6o.jpg "HeronP [SunChongHong]")
“I encountered the Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) regularly at the Bishan Ang Mo Kio Park. Usually it was just after sunset during the wintering seasons. Most of the time only […]
Ulu Dedap in the Malaysian state of Perak is an extensive rice farming area about 90 minutes drive from where Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS lives. “I have often seen birds […]
![HeronP [LeongTziMing] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/HeronP-LeongTziMing-1-q8dft6db9hms3zqo6wcl9ggqkjrxycq9epw4c3on00.jpg "HeronP [LeongTziMing] – 1")
“In early December 2012, a small colony of 25–30 Purple Herons (Ardea purpurea) was observed as they roosted up amongst the contiguous crowns of mature raintrees (Albizia saman) in Perak, […]
“The migratory winter visitors are back in Bishan Ang Mo Kio Park. The Little Egret, in white, is the most easily spotted among the visitors. I was looking at one […]
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