7-13 Sep: Highlights of the week ahead

For kids and the family

• Young Naturalist Passport Camp at Sungei Buloh
• MAD lessons on Bats with Cicada Tree Eco Place
• Southern Ridges walk with Cicada Tree Eco Place
• Sara goes carbon footprinting
• All About Edible Plants Tuesday and Friday a tour for kids
• Science in the Garden
• Bounce Goes Out to Ecogarden trail @ Science Centre

Walks in wild places

• Nature walk at the Admiralty Park Nature Area.
• Plant Walk at Hindhede Nature Park.
• Forest walk at the Botanic Gardens Rainforest Trail.
• Getting to know MacRitchie walk.
• Nature walk at MacRitchie Prunus Trail.
• Herb and Spice Garden tour on Saturday and Sunday at HortPark.
• Mangrove walk at Sungei Buloh on Saturday and Sunday.

Talks

• 12 Sep (Sat): "Birth of a Museum"
• 11 Sep (Fri): "New Discoveries in the Family Maratanceae"
• 9 Sep (Wed): "Darwin's Secret: Was the theory of evolution really held back for 20 years?"
• 7 Sep (Mon): "In Darwin's pocket: The voyage of the beagle from Darwin's field notebooks"

Films

• 13 Sep (Sun): FREE screening of "End of the Line"

For Nature Society (Singapore) members only

• Butterfly Walk at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
• Plant Walk from Telok Blangah Hill to HortPark.
• Birdwatching at Pulau Ubin

Registration now open

• 27 Sep (Sun), 19 Sep (Sat): MAD lessons on Bats with Cicada Tree Eco Place

Exhibitions

• 8 Aug-22 Nov: "I Polunin" social and natural history of Singapore and Malaya
• 25 Jul - 21 Sep: Hunters and Collectors: The Origins of the Southeast Asian Collection

Just launched! The 63-hectare Dairy Farm Nature Park features walking nature trails and a wetland area at the site of the old Singapore Quarry. The Wallace Environmental Learning Lab will also offer the first overnight educational camps in any nature park in Singapore. Dairy Farm Nature Park is along Dairy Farm Road, is open from 7am to 7pm daily. Admission is free. Media articles on the launch on the wildsingapore news blog.

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 is of the sea turtle spotted at Pulau Hantu! It was taken by Hazel Chew who blogged about it. Join the Hantu Bloggers to dive at Pulau Hantu and see our very own wild reefs! The next dive is on 27 Sep (Sun).