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6Th Singapore Raptor Watch Pg 4 NATURE NEWS JAN-FEB 2014 Jan-Feb 2014 MCI (P) 027/08/2013 ISSN: 2010-4308 Activities 2 Birdwatching at Bidadari Jan 11 6th Singapore Raptor Watch 4 Asian Waterfowl Census Jan 12 Counting Raptors at Chek 5 NSS Kids’ Fun with Nature at Gardens by the Bay Jan 18 Jawa Birdwatching at Kranji Marshes Jan 19 Kranji Night Ramble 6 CCNR Ramble Jan 25 Bidadari’s Natural Beauty is 7 Birdwatching at Kranji Marshes Feb 8 Worth Saving Birdwatching at Bukit Brown Feb 9 Butterfly Walk at Bukit Panjang Park & its Forest 8 Horseshoe Crab Rescue & Research Feb 15 Fringe NSS Kids’ Watery Fun at 4th Parrot Count Feb 15 Kallang River@Bishan-AMK 9 Birdwatching at Pulau Ubin Feb 22 Park 30th Singapore Bird Race 10 Southern Ridges Butterfly Walk Feb 22 Announcements 11 VSG’s Wildlife Blitz@Pulau Ubin Mar 1 NSS Directory 11 All Purpose Form 12 Bidadari’s Natural Beauty is Worth Saving Pg 7 th 6 Singapore Raptor Watch Pg 4 1 NATURE NEWS JAN-FEB 2014 Activities January SaturdaySaturday 11 11 10 am. Please register your children (4 to 12 years old) with Gloria Seow at gloria_seow@yahoo. Birdwatching at Bidadari The former Bidadari Muslim Cemetery, bounded com, stating their names and ages, if they are NSS by Bartley Road on one side and Upper Serangoon members or not, if you need us to loan you a pair Road on another, has proven to be an interesting of binoculars or not (FOC), and let us have your site for migrants and visitors in recent years. mobile number. A fee of $5 per child (member) or Notable sightings include the Blue-winged Pitta, $10 per child (non-member) will be collected on Black-backed Kingfisher, Crow-billed Drongo, the spot. Parents and caregivers are encouraged as well as various cuckoos and flycatchers. to join in at no charge. Details will be emailed to Development work may start soon at Bidadari so those who sign up. Open to the public. join Lee Ee Ling (HP: 9693-5870) in exploring this SundaySunday 19 19 spot while it is still a peaceful haven for birds. Meet at 7.30 am by the Woodleigh MRT Station Entrance Birdwatching at Kranji Marshes C, at the junction of Upper Serangoon Road and Meet Gerard Francis ([email protected]) Upper Aljunied Road. Members only. at 7.30 am at Kranji Dam Carpark B near the tidal gates of Kranji Reservoir, off Kranji Way. Reachable by SundaySunday 12 12 Bus 925 from Kranji MRT Station. From here, a hired bus will ferry us to our destination. We begin with a Asian Waterfowl Census The annual Asian Waterfowl Census (AWC) seeks pleasant stroll along a countryside road to the Kranji to obtain information on water bird populations Marshes where we will continue our walk along the at various sites around Singapore. The data PUB Bund. The marsh is designated by URA as a collected will be used as a basis for evaluating sites, Nature Park and is currently adopted by NSS under monitoring bird populations and determining the PUB’s ABC Waters Programme. Birding highlights here conditions of wetlands in Singapore. This census include the Red-wattled Lapwing, Purple Swamphen, also aims to encourage a greater interest in water Rusty-breasted Cuckoo, White-browed Crake, birds and wetlands, thereby promoting their Changeable Hawk Eagle, Grey-headed Fish Eagle and conservation. We need your help in carrying out more. We will also look at plants along the way. Please various site surveys. Some experience is required register by 10 January on our website. A registration as we have a fixed census period from 2 pm to 5 form will then be emailed to you. Max: 20 pax. Open pm during low tide (1.1 m, 0.9 m, 1.1 m, 1.3 m). to the public. To register or obtain information on sites and SaturdaySaturday 25 25 their leaders, please contact Lim Kim Keang at HP: 9739-1142 or Lee Ee Ling at HP: 9693-5870 by 6 CCNR Ramble January 2014. Please note that we will not be able Let us ramble and enjoy the fresh morning air to accept any late registrations. Open to the public. as we traverse the Central Catchment Nature Reserve (CCNR), from MacRitchie Reservoir to SaturdaySaturday 18 18 Peirce Reservoir. Listen to melodious bird songs as NSS Kids’ Fun with Nature at Gardens by the Bay well as music emanating from a myriad of insects Apart from super trees and conservatories, found under the cover of trees towering above Gardens by the Bay has an expansive and verdant our heads This10-km ramble will bring us to the outdoor area. Join us as we stroll through its heart of the forest catchment area, ending at Old manicured grounds to spot wildlife including Upper Thomson Road. Meet Sutari Supari at the resident and migratory birds, butterflies and MacRitchie Reservoir Public Canteen at 7.30 dragonflies. We will also come face-to-face with am. Wear good footwear and bring titbits, fruits, the Brown Anole, a native lizard of the Caribbean, chocolates and drinks. Not suitable for children likely introduced via imported plants. Time: 8 am to below 12 years of age. Members only. Activities February SaturdaySaturday 8 8 Kranji Reservoir, off Kranji Way. Reachable by Bus 925 from Kranji MRT Station. From here, a hired Birdwatching at Kranji Marshes Meet Lee Ee Ling (HP: 9693-5870) at 7.30 am bus will ferry us to our destination. We begin with at Kranji Dam Carpark B near the tidal gates of a pleasant stroll along a countryside road to the 2 NATURE NEWS JAN-FEB 2014 Kranji Marshes where we will continue our walk site leaders will be posted on the NSS website along the PUB Bund. The marsh is designated by nearer the count date. Please contact Albert Low URA as a Nature Park and is currently adopted ([email protected]) if you wish by NSS under PUB’s ABC Waters Programme. to take part. Open to the public. Birding highlights here include the Red-wattled Lapwing, Purple Swamphen, Rusty-breasted SaturdaySaturday 22 22 Cuckoo, White-browed Crake, Changeable Birdwatching at Pulau Ubin Hawk Eagle, Grey-headed Fish Eagle and more. Meet Lim Kim Keang at Changi Jetty at 7.30 am. Please register by 29 January on our website. A We will take a bumboat ride to Pulau Ubin, an registration form will then be emailed to you. Max: island that never fails to surprise with many new 20 pax. Open to the public. things still waiting to be discovered. We will bird from Ubin Jetty to Chek Jawa. Island specialities SundaySunday 9 9 include the Red Junglefowl, Oriental Pied Hornbill Birdwatching at Bukit Brown and the globally endangered Straw-headed Bulbul. Meet Wing Chong (HP: 9227-2020) at 7.30 am at We then return to Ubin Jetty by island taxi. the entrance of Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery Both bumboat and taxi fares are to be borne by near the junction of Sime Road and Kheam Hock participants. Members only. Road. Join us for a walk around this unique and Saturday 22 quiet corner of Singapore, while it is still relatively Saturday 22 undisturbed. This area is partially open with some Southern Ridges Butterfly Walk huge trees. Expect to see a mix of parkland, open- Join Anuj Jain (HP: 8139-1564) and Gan Cheong country and forest birds such as babblers, bulbuls, Weei for a pleasant walk through the Southern doves, flowerpeckers, parakeets, sunbirds and Ridges. Meet at 9:30 am at the Hort Park visitor woodpeckers. Members only. centre. We will take the forest and hilltop route via the Henderson Waves bridge to reach Telok SaturdaySaturday 15 15 Blangah Hill Park. Tired legs may go off from here Horseshoe Crab Rescue & Research while we continue on, ending the walk at Mount Please register with Kerry Pereira (kerry@nss. Faber Park’s Marang Trail. The Southern Ridges org.sg) or at the NSS website stating your name, if is home to over 100 butterfly species including you a NSS member or not, affiliations (eg. school uncommon ones such as the Ambon Oynx and Silver or company), experience if any, and contact details Royal. Let us see which rarities we can spot this time! for this mission to rescue and study the Mangrove SaturdaySaturday 1 March 1 March Horseshoe Crabs (HSC) at the Mandai mudflats. Time: 4 pm to 7 pm. Meet at the extension of Kranji VSG’s Wildlife Blitz@Pulau Ubin Road near the junction with Kranji Loop. Take Bus The Vertebrate Study Group’s (VSG) Wildlife 925 from Kranji MRT station and alight at the first Blitz@Pulau Ubin will introduce you to some of stop as the bus turns from Kranji Road into Kranji Singapore's not-so-conspicuous wildlife including Loop. Cross the road and look for the nameless mammals, lizards, snakes, freshwater fishes track that starts beside Leong Soon Pte Ltd (251 and amphibians. This event is only open to 60 Kranji Road). Bring along a cap, shoes/booties, members including family members. Children must sunblock, repellent, cutter for HSC rescue and a be 6 years old and above. Please register at http:// camera. Washing facilities available. Details will be tinyurl.com/wildlifeblitz. Participants have to take emailed upon registration. Open to the Public. the bumboat from Changi Jetty to Pulau Ubin ($2.50 each way) themselves. Meet in front of the SaturdaySaturday 15 15 Ubin-HSBC V-Hub at 3.30 pm. The walk ends at 4th Parrot Count Ubin at 7 pm.
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