Kusu Island Intertidal



Although I've been to quite a few southern shores, this is my very first intertidal trip to Kusu Island.




Greeted by these small Zoanthid.. Looks like they are Broad zoanthids (Palythoa mutuki)

 Red Seaweed



And we also have seagrass on our shores. Seagrasses are different from seaweeds. More on seagrass




Different sp. of sea grapes, check out this link to tell them apart



 Leathery soft corals


Another soft coral - Pink flowery soft coral





Hard corals





 

Don't be surprise that we have anemone on Kusu Island, if you look closely, you might find a pair of anemone shrimp.


Cerianthids


Tentacles of the Snaky anemone retracted during low tide



Frilly anemone. Not all anemone comes with long colourful tentacles. 




 I don't know what these fishes are...



 Carpet eel-blenny, often mistaken as an eel or snake.




Crabs, look at it's pincers! They are swimming crabs, if you look closely at their last pair of legs. It's flat and rounded which helps them to swim around in the waters.




Scallop!


More snails...


Ah.. glad to see the black long sea cucumber.


 Pretty common sea star.. and they don't always come in 5 arms ... 






Cheesecake Nudibranch (yellow) and Black phyllid nudibranch

 Bristle worm



We do have a wide diversity of marine life here in Singapore. It's important that we keep our waters clean because polluted water affects marine life. You can do you part by simply not throwing rubbish into our waters or take part in coastal clean up programme.

To learn more about our shores or help in in monitoring, do volunteer yourself with any nature conservation group!

Short walk at Sungei Buloh

Took a short walk around route 1 and mangrove boardwalk while waiting to start my public guided walk at 9.30am.

As usual, the lesser dog faced fruit bats roosting at the wetland center. They feed on nectar, fruits and figs.

http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/bats/lesser_dog-faced_fruit-bat.htm



Crocodile sightings were quite rare when i first started guiding 7 years ago, however, it's pretty easy to spot them if you visit Sungei Buloh early in the morning when the tide is low. The croc does not seem to be interested in the Great Egret and the Little Heron.



Closer encounter with the Shield bugs. Shield bugs gives off a pungent smell when it's disturbed.


Last photo before heading back to the visitor information counter to start the guided walk - A Heavy Jumper Spider. 

High Resolution photos on my Flickr page