- Our Kitchen Garden Tour at Pasir Ris Park.
- 3 Oct (Sat): Annual Recycling Day.
Special events
- 2-4 Oct (Fri-Sun): Break the tradition. Spare the sharks.
- 2 Oct (Fri): Workshop for Nature Guides - Sea slugs and Nudibranchs with the Leafmonkey workhop.
Walks in our wild places
- Up Close and Personal @ Peirce.
- Edible and medicinal plants tour at the Botanic Gardens.
- Our Kitchen Garden Tour at Pasir Ris Park.
- Mangrove walk at Sungei Buloh on Saturday with a Marine Fish Guided Tour at 3.30pm; and Sunday.
Talks
- 29 Sep (Tue): "Climate Change and Marine Biodiversity - Lessons from a Small Red Dot" by Prof Peter Ng.
- 1 Oct (Thu): "Charles Darwin – An Inspiration for The 21st Century" by Prof Anthony K Campbell.
- 3 Oct (Sat): "The Dog, The Cat, and her pet Chicken" by Veronyka Lau from the Cat Welfare Society.
Exhibitions
- 1 Oct - 1 Nov: "In Search of Gingers" at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Announcements
- Kusu Island pilgrimage season 18 Oct - 16 Nov: road to Pier closed, regular ferries to St. John's suspended.
- Pedal Ubin - ride's over after 12 years! from the Habitatnews blog
Registration now open
- 21-23 Oct (Wed-Fri): ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity 2009
- 25 Oct (Sun): Dive Pulau Hantu with the Hantu Bloggers
- 10 Oct (Sat) and 8 Oct (Thu): Grow it! Eat it! for kids by Cicada Tree Eco Place
- 18 Oct (Sun): Walk on the Chek Jawa boardwalk with Cicada Tree Eco Place
Singapore news highlights
- Data doesn't back conclusion on acid rain Straits Times 24 Sep 09;
- The Fate of a Yellow from Beauty of Fauna and Flora in Nature
- Freedom for hawksbill turtles of Kusu Island from wild shores of singapore
- Another encounter with Banded Leaf Monkeys from Urban Forest
Visit the wildsingapore happenings blog for a full listing of upcoming events for the next three weeks and to search for events by your area of interest.
Photo of the week are these delightful mudskippers seen off the Chek Jawa boardwalk shared by James on his flickr, taken during the recent tour by the Naked Hermit Crabs. There's lots to see at Chek Jawa even at high tide!
