The highlight of the week: Acre's Gala Dinner "Voices of the Wild" on Friday. Come for this special celebration of ACRES' 7th anniversary. This black-tie event promises an evening of fabulous food, wine and enthralling entertainment in support of wildlife.
Special highlight of the year: 18-23 May: Free traditional wayang at Pulau Ubin! Don't miss this among the last opportunities to view traditional wayang in a kampung setting, staged for the Gods and not for tourists or money.
New web resource: Discovering the Southern Ridges on the NParks website with links to more information about these features: Hilltop Walk, Forest Walk, Marang Trail, Alexandra Arch, Faber Walk, Floral Walk & HortPark - the gardening Hub, Henderson Waves, Canopy Walk
For wild kids! As the school holidays start, lots of wild events are lined up for the young ones.- Free Chek Jawa Boardwalk tour for the kids and the family by the Naked Hermit Crabs.
- The Birthday Party a guided walk at the Jacobs Ballas Children's Garden.
- PrawnWatch at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve: a hands on demonstration of traditional prawn farming and introduction to the important role of mangroves.
- Paper nature crafts workshop at Pasir Ris Park
- Go Potty a crafts workshop at HortPark
- Here's even MORE activities for kids during the June holidays!
- A talk on "Life and Death on Chek Jawa" by Loh Kok Sheng about his recent project studying the aftermath of mass deaths there.
- Screening of "Remember Chek Jawa" an independent documentary by Eric Lim of efforts by volunteers before deferment of reclamation on Chek Jawa.
- Dive Pulau Hantu with the hantu bloggers
- Guided shore walks at Pulau Semakau on Saturday and Sunday.
In the mangroves at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, it's free admission on 24 May (Sat) in support of the national campaign 'National family Celebrations 2008 - Family Day Out'. Don't miss PrawnWatch, join Painting with Pui San to learn art and nature appreciation, or go for the guided walks at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve on Saturday and Sunday.
For Nature Society (Singapore) members only: Spices and Herbs walk at Fort Canning Park, birdwatching at Tagore Lane and Horseshoe crab rescue and research at Kranji.
Other events this week
- On Friday, go Stargazing at the Science Centre.
- On Saturday the First Singapore National Animal Welfare Symposium.
- 5 Jul (Sat) and 6 Jul (Sun): Intertidal walk at Pulau Semakau
- 29 Jun (Sun): Dive Pulau Hantu
- 8 Jun (Sun): SPCA Fun Run
- 7 Jun (Sat): Pedal Ubin
- 30 May (Fri): Young Naturalist Passport Camp
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.
The Photo of the Week must surely be Uncle Tay's "Cod-liver Oil". Superb photography made even more memorable by priceless comments! :-)
