- Free Guided Nature Walk at Pasir Ris Park by Grant Pereira.
- MAD lessons on monkeys with Cicada Tree Eco Place
- Adventure in the Garden - for kids
- Wild Isle Discovery workshops for kids: Rainforests.
- Wild Isle Discovery Workshops: Frogs and Toads
- The Art of Paper Folding at Sungei Buloh
Special event
- 17 Nov (Tue) and 18 Nov (Wed): Leonids meteor shower gazing
Walks in wild places
- Free Guided Nature Walk at Pasir Ris Park by Grant Pereira.
- Birdwatching at the Southern Ridges.
- Guided walk at the Sensory Trail, Pulau Ubin.
- Mangrove walk at Pasir Ris Park.
- Mangrove walk at Sungei Buloh on Saturday and Sunday.
- Rainforest walk at the Botanic Gardens Rainforest Trail.
- Guided walk at the National Orchid Garden.
Talks this week
- 20 Nov (Fri): "An Orchid Survey of Northern Myanmar"
For Nature Society (Singapore) members only
- Birdwatching at Choa Chu Kang Cemeteries.
- 20 Nov (Fri): "Gaps in Southeast Asian Ornithology" by Yong Ding Li
Registration now open
- 12 Dec (Sat) and 19 Dec (Sat): Young Naturalist Passport Camp at Sungei Buloh
- 5 Dec (Sat): Wild and Fabulous a fundraiser for ACRES
- 3 Dec (Thu), 6 Dec (Sun), 13 Dec (Sun): MAD lessons on seashore friends with Cicada Tree Eco Place.
- 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
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.
- Food court at Botany Centre, Singapore Botanical Gardens closed until December for renovation.
Singapore news highlights
- Fishing enthusiasts have netted some huge prizes in Singapore waters: Whopper of a catch, Shuli Sudderuddin, Straits Times 15 Nov 09;
- Studying mangroves to save Singapore's coast Amresh Gunasingham, Straits Times 14 Nov 09;
- Singapore studying vulnerability to climate change Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia 7 Nov 09;
- Volunteers needed to plant butterfly garden from The Green Volunteers;
- How to visit the shores of Singapore? from wonderful creation;
- Of Dragons and Lizards – Mistaken Identities #4 from My Itchy Fingers;
- Dives in Singapore from Psychedelic Nature;
- Eco-corridor for Bukit Timah and Central Catchment Nature Reserve from spotlight's on nature;
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 are these gorgeous mushrooms shared by Jac on her blog. Rain may be inconvenient to us, but wet weather often results in marvellous burst of life in our wild places!
