- MAD lessons on monkeys with Cicada Tree Eco Place.
- Bats are beautiful! a night workshop for kids
Walks in wild places
- Mangrove walk at Sungei Buloh on Saturday and Sunday.
- Nature walk at MacRitchie Prunus Trail.
- "Getting to Know MacRitchie" walk.
- Forest walk at the Botanic Gardens Rainforest Trail.
Talks this week
- 14 Nov (Sat): "Colours of the Sea - An Underwater Fiesta!" for kids by Siti Maryam.
- 14 Nov (Sat): "Sexy & Naked For You" on slug photography by Ivan Choong.
- 11 Nov (Wed): "Nature is Changing: Copenhagen and beyond – what does it mean for Asia?" dialogue with experts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Film screening
- From 3 Nov: "Under the Sea 3D" screening at Omni-Theatre.
for Nature Society (Singapore) members only
- Horseshoe crab Research and Rescue.
- Butterfly Walk at Pasir Ris Park.
Announcements
- Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Route 2 closed 2-20 Nov (after Prawn Pond leading to Tower Hide 2C) for maintenance.
- The Kampong Melayu trail going into Chek Jawa Wetlands from Kelichap Hut to Punai will be closed for repair and improvement works from 9 Oct to 30 Nov. Access to Chek Jawa will be via the Quarry trail from Berberek Hut to Punai Hut.
- Kusu Island pilgrimage season 18 Oct - 16 Nov: road to Pier closed, regular ferries to St. John's suspended.
Registration now open
- 12 Dec (Sat): Young Naturalist Passport Camp at Sungei Buloh
- 5 Dec (Sat): Wild and Fabulous a fundraiser for ACRES
- 29 Nov (Sun): Dive Pulau Hantu with the Hantu Bloggers
- 25 Nov (Wed): Nature Bloggers 2.0 - Level Up! by the Leafmonkey Workshop.
- 20 Nov (Fri): MAD lessons on monkeys with Cicada Tree Eco Place
Singapore news highlights
- Crab expert leads charge on climate: Prof Peter Ng and the Dodo Chang Ai-Lien, Straits Times 7 Nov 09;
- Clean coal/biomass cogeneration plant on Jurong Island to go ahead Ronnie Lim, Business Times 4 Nov 09;
- Guitar shark caught off Changi Teh Jen Lee, The New Paper 5 Nov 09 AsiaOne;
- Birds at Changi shot down only as a last resort Straits Times Forum 4 Nov 09;
- Malaysia to double tiger population by next year: government AFP Google News 5 Nov 09;
- Trash-eating Turtles Dying in Record Numbers PRWEB 5 Nov 09;
- New record for Singapore! A sea cucumber at Changi from wild shores of singapore.
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 this tiny basket star at Pulau Hantu found and shared by James on his blog. Our shores are very much alive!
