- PrawnWatch at Sungei Buloh hands on demo of traditional prawn farming
- HeART for Nature Workshop for kids
- The Art of Paper Folding at Sungei Buloh
Walks in wild places
- 12-20 Aug: The Fort Canning Spice Trail a guided walk in conjunction with Heritage Fest
- Roots, Shoots and Fruits! at Admiralty Park
- Trees of the Fort at Fort Canning Park
- Mangrove walk at Sungei Buloh on Saturday and Sunday with special Mandarin guided walk.
- Forest walk at the Botanic Gardens Rainforest Trail.
- Wallace Education Centre Gallery walk
Talks this week
- 14 Aug (Sat): "Butterfly Garden@HortPark"
Registration now open
- 15 Sep (Wed): "Our Home, The Grassland" with Cicada Tree Eco Place
- 7 Sep (Tue): "Our Home, The Rainforest" with Cicada Tree Eco Place
- 4 Sep (Sat): Young Naturalists Passport Camp at Sungei Buloh
- 29 Aug (Sun): Dive Pulau Hantu with the Hantu Bloggers
- 22 Aug (Sun): "Our Home, The Freshwater Stream and Pond" by Cicada Tree Eco Place
- 18 Aug (Wed): "Our Home, The Rainforest" with Cicada Tree Eco Place
Highlights of Singapore nature news
- 'I hope people realise that every little action makes a difference' Cheong Wei Siong, 21, student and environmental volunteer Ng Hui Wen Today Online 9 Aug 10;
- Abused? Turtles, tortoises are well cared for Jamie Ee Wen Wei Straits Times 8 Aug 10;
- The Sand Smugglers: Singapore and the illegal trade in sand Chris Milton Foreign Policy 4 Aug 10;
- One of 6 deer which escaped Night Safari put to sleep Lim Kwok Wai, Alvina Soh Channel NewsAsia 2 Aug 10;
Highlights of Singapore nature blogs
- Celebrating National Day on Cyrene Reef! from wild shores of singapore
- Lim Chu Kang Cleanup – The Pretty (Miss Earths), The Ugly (Trash) and The Hard Work from News from the International Coastal Cleanup Singapore
- A Hot Morning @ Daily Farm Park from Beauty of Fauna and Flora in Nature
- Dragons Taking Flight from My Itchy Fingers
- What Next, Mandai Orchid Garden? from Butterflies of Singapore
- Blind and bleached from The annotated budak
- Mega Marine Survey of Singapore brand new blog with more background about the survey and an associated facebook page.
- monkey business (Macaca fascicularis) from into the wild
- New books on Singapore's dragonflies and freshwater life from Celebrating Singapore's BioDiversity!
- Feeding Spotted Dove: 7. A strange feeding behaviour from Bird Ecology Study Group
Photo of the week is of otters at Pulau Ubin! These captivating creatures were seen near the Ubin Jetty and the photo and story shared on the Ubin.sgkopi blog. More about our Smooth otters. Seen interesting mammals in Singapore? Share your sightings here.
