Fireflies are been seen in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. As SBWR is a mangrove habitat so i'm thinking if does mangrove & fireflies have any relationship? YES! Looks like the mangrove tree is the Sonneratia caseolaris.
Sonneratia caseolaris is a rare mangrove tree in Singapore, not sure about other country, how many are there in Singapore? This tree had been found in Woodlands Town Garden and it's about 10-15m tall! (link). We should try our best to save our mangroves and not let them to be gone from Singapore! Do you know that there are only 5% of mangroves left in Singapore!
Why are Sonneratia caseolaris rare in SG? Are the fruits hard to grow/survive?...............
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To learn more about mangrove, you may visit one of our few nature reserve in Singapore which preserve mangroves- SBWR
Free guided walk can be request on every Saturday at 9.30am. Please inform the staff that you are interested in the walk, only 20 visitors are allow per walk. Next is on 3.30pm.
Bats at SBWR
I was told by a friend that there are bats over at Sungei Buloh. There are 12 bats in total!
Their eyes are wide open! Shouldn't they be sleeping? I've also notice that there are juv. spiders on it!
Cool!
Their eyes are wide open! Shouldn't they be sleeping? I've also notice that there are juv. spiders on it!
Cool!
Fighting or mating?
I saw this liz when i'm at Sungei Buloh. Are they mating or fighting? I heard some photographers saying that they are mating. Looks like is fighting to me.
WildLife of the week!
It's a Primate!
TAXONOMY
Common name: Long-Tailed Macaque
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
Species: fascicularis
The long-tailed Macaque may sound wild to you, or should i say it's a 'monkey'. Everyone knows this guy if you have been to Central Nature Reserve( which bounded mainly 4 reservoirs - namely MacRitchie Reservoir, Lower Peirce Reservoir, Upper Peirce Reservoir, Upper Seletar Reservoir & a nature reserve( Bukit Timah Nature Reserve).
Remember, if you get a chance to see it, do not feed it, it's because feeding it may sound doing a good thing but if you look at the other side, it may cause more harms rather then saving them. These guys will not starve if you do not feed them as there are plenty of food in the reserve(forest).
They will get use to feeding someday and stop looking for food themselves and only depend on us(humans)! If we keep feeding them, in 20 years time when you visit the reserve, you might find there are lots of fruits/figs on the tree! & the macaques are approaching humans for food!
So, lets do a little part by saving them.- stop feeding them!
TAXONOMY
Common name: Long-Tailed Macaque
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
Species: fascicularis
The long-tailed Macaque may sound wild to you, or should i say it's a 'monkey'. Everyone knows this guy if you have been to Central Nature Reserve( which bounded mainly 4 reservoirs - namely MacRitchie Reservoir, Lower Peirce Reservoir, Upper Peirce Reservoir, Upper Seletar Reservoir & a nature reserve( Bukit Timah Nature Reserve).
Remember, if you get a chance to see it, do not feed it, it's because feeding it may sound doing a good thing but if you look at the other side, it may cause more harms rather then saving them. These guys will not starve if you do not feed them as there are plenty of food in the reserve(forest).
They will get use to feeding someday and stop looking for food themselves and only depend on us(humans)! If we keep feeding them, in 20 years time when you visit the reserve, you might find there are lots of fruits/figs on the tree! & the macaques are approaching humans for food!
So, lets do a little part by saving them.- stop feeding them!
WildLife & Flora Survey
I'm embarking on a 'journey' to Woodlands Town Gardens to have a survey. Today, i've seen quite lot of birds from kites to heron....
I believe that there are always wild stuff every where. Be it a park or a nature reserve. The aim of this is to let the public know better of the ecosystem we have in Singapore & the biodiversity in our parks.
And i would like to invite you to join in.
Date: 8 March 2009
Time: 8.30am - (You decide)
Venue: Woodlands town garden (beside Marsiling MRT station) 11ha.
Meeting area: TBC
Kindly fill in the form below:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cFAyVVJzOXpRVWxHRlV1Y25QVjRBZkE6MA
I believe that there are always wild stuff every where. Be it a park or a nature reserve. The aim of this is to let the public know better of the ecosystem we have in Singapore & the biodiversity in our parks.
And i would like to invite you to join in.
Date: 8 March 2009
Time: 8.30am - (You decide)
Venue: Woodlands town garden (beside Marsiling MRT station) 11ha.
Meeting area: TBC
Kindly fill in the form below:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cFAyVVJzOXpRVWxHRlV1Y25QVjRBZkE6MA
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