12-18 Jan: Highlights of the week ahead

Special events

• Guided walk at the Sensory Trail, Pulau Ubin.

Wild walks

• Mangrove walk at Pasir Ris Park.
• Mangrove walks at Sungei Buloh on Saturday and Sunday.
• Rainforest walk at the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
• Guided walk at the National Orchid Garden.

For Nature Society (Singapore) members only

• Birdwatching at Pulau Semakau.
• Venus Drive to MacRitchie Ramble.

Talks this week

• "Those Bamboozling Giant Grasses": about bamboos at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

One of the trails to Chek Jawa is closed. More on the Pulau Ubin Stories blog

Registration now open

• 8 Feb (Sun): Intertidal walk at Pulau Semakau
• 7 Feb (Sat): Pasir Ris Mangrove Cleanup with Grant Pereira
• 21 Jan (Wed): MAD lessons on carnivorous plants with Cicada Tree Eco-Place

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 very greedy nudibranch seen at Pulau Hantu is the Photo of the Week. The little orange-spotted nudibranch eats other nudibranchs. But this time, has it bitten off more than it can chew? Read more about it on Chay Hoon's colourful clouds blog.

Nudibranch : Gymnodoris Rubropapulosa & Hypselodoris Bullocki, originally uploaded by il_mare77.