12-19 Oct: Highlights of the week ahead

The special shore activity this week is the Kusu Island Reefwalk with the Blue Water Volunteers

Other nature walks

• At Pulau Ubin, on the Sensory Trail
• Mangrove walks at Pasir Ris Park and at Sungei Buloh on Saturday and Sunday.
• At the National Orchid Garden

For Nature Society (Singapore) members only

• Dairy Farm to Upper Seletar ramble
• Butterfly walk at the Bukit Timah cycling track

Other activities

• Sports Fishing at Pulau Semakau
• Screening of a film on sustainable architecture as part of ArchiFest

Now open for bookings

• 26 Oct (Sun): Dive Pulau Hantu with the Hantu Bloggers
• 22 Oct (Wed), 25 Oct (Sat), 29 Oct (Wed) and 15 Nov (Sat): MAD lessons on Frogs & Toads by Cicada Tree Eco-Place

Announcements

• In case you are planning your own trip to Kusu Island or St. John's, please note that the road to Marina South Pier is closed and ferry services suspended 29 Sep-28 Oct for the Kusu pilgrimage season.
• Admiralty Park Phase 2 is now open: the largest park in the Northwest district with both recreational amenities and a mangrove swamp. It has a hilly terrain, shaped like a river valley to reflect the history of the site, which used to have a river (Sungei Cina) running through it.

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.

A sad photo for this week. This crocodile at Kranji was found dead, probably drowned as it was trapped in an abandoned drift. More about it on the annotated budak blog.

img_4961, originally uploaded by budak.