Spotted on the 16th June Sunday Heritage Tour by brownie Steven Toong, in Hill 4, a beautiful python.
(photo by Steven Toong)
Puppy at Bukit Brown (Photo: Rosalind Tan)
(Photo: Save Our Street Dogs SOSD)
On behalf of these sentient creatures, we reproduce this eye-witness account and plea for the lives of the wild dogs of Bukit Brown:
She had left her pack, maybe in search of food, maybe in search of a better life.. Or maybe she was just lost.
The poor dogs in bukit brown are all painfully thin. This girl ate up all the kibbles we gave her. Maybe it was good karma in her previous life, but she will never have to suffer the daily pain and agony which her pack has suffered; the painful hunger of never having enough to eat, or the terrible life of being witch hunted everyday of her existence.”
~ Dr Siew Tuck Wah
Nature’s way at Bukit Brown. Photos by Shawn Chia, a student at Anglo Chinese (Independent), who says:
“The beauty of nature is something man cannot replicate through his creations. So I think the reason why nature interests me is to enjoy that beauty and wonder. Growing up in an urban setting full of buildings and other artificiality gets really boring after a while, so I like to escape to nature. Its really disappointing how the government thinks that nature has no place in society, but really I feel that man is incomplete without nature. In fact, we are a part of nature and have no right to destroy it.”
Album of the lightning storm that struck Bukit Brown on March 30.
A good reminder for all to be cautious during and even days after a storm, as trees are weakened, ferns can be loosened, and branches can fall.
Struck by Lightning (Photo: Claire Leow)
Clouded monitor lizard (possibly Varanus bengalensis nebulosus) on tembusu tree, Bukit Brown. Spotted by Lai Chee Kien with the help of Angie Ng.
Monitor lizard (Photo: Lai Chee Kien)
Strike a pose!
Close-up: Clouded monitor lizard (Photo: Lisa Ridings)
cobra? (Photo- Raymond Goh)
Monitor Lizard (Photo: Claire Leow)
Monitor Lizard (Photo: Claire Leow)
Can City Cemeteries be Nature Reserves? BBC reports.
Snap shots of butterflies at Bukit Brown courtesy of Victor Yue and EiLeen Ong. There is a Chinese belief that butterflies at cemetery are signs ancestors are around and happy for the company.
More information on butterflies spotted in Singapore can be found by joining this group Butterflies of Singapore and Malaysia
Black-veined Tiger, uncommon in Singapore(photo Victor Yue)
common mormon, mimic of common rose (photo Eileen Ong)
Common Birdwing (photo EiLeen Ong)
On Sunday 26 August, Nature Society of Singapore led a bird watching walk through Bukit Brown. Thanks to Cuifen, NSS member for compiling this album on highlights from the wal kwith additional photos from her fellow bird watcher, Leng Leng. Enjoy!
They came armed with ‘scopes and binos, cameras and the naked eye (photo Cuifen)
View into a scope. Lesser coucal spreading its wings, and sunbathing in the waterlogged fern area. The bird looks much clearer & closer when viewing directly into the scope (photo Cuifen)
Laced woodpecker sitting on a ‘nest’ of African tulip flowers. Photo taken by fellow bird watcher, Leng Leng.
Can you spot the baby monitor lizard? (photo Cuifen)
A starburst orchid. A rare sight! Photo taken by fellow bird watcher, Leng Leng.
With the Hungry Ghost festival on, maybe some pickings for the birds, after the “ghosts” have feasted of course (photo Cuifen)
Mornings are family strolls with the dog as well (photo Cuifen)
(photo Cuifen)
Collared Kingfisher. Photo taken by fellow bird watcher, Leng Leng
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Photo essay by Suki Singh
Kingfisher (Photo: Suki Singh)
A staring incident…?
Birds at Qing Ming (Photo: Suki Singh)
Might be more than he can chew….
Birds at Qing Ming (Photo: Suki Singh)
This looks like a good place to nest, this pigeon seems to think …
Birds at Qing Ming (Photo: Suki Singh)
Not so fast, says the mynah.
Birds at Qing Ming (Photo: Suki Singh)
The glossy starlings move in too….
Birds at Qing Ming (Photo: Suki Singh)
The glossy starling gets argumentative with the mynahs.
Birds at Qing Ming (Photo: Suki Singh)
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Suki is an avid photographer and the honorary Sikh guard among the volunteers of Bukit Brown, affectionately known as Brownies.
Suki and Shetland pony (photo: Claire Leow)
Dateline 2 May 2012 at Bukit Brown.
This magnificent creature was “captured” this morning by Georgina Chin the accidental photographer. She writes of the moment:
” He was brave and stood on a perch like forever and didn’t move. I sat and just watched him. He was soaked . I was soaked. I call him white socks.”
About Georgina:
She is the photographer and writer of the book “Birds in my Backyard.” Bukit Brown is literally her backyard as she lives off Lornie Road. Georgina started birdwatching in 2009.
Georgina Chin - The Accidental Photographer (photo Catherine Lim)
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