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a publication of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve


 

Vol 10 No 4

The Nature Cove

Reforestation and Reach Out

Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004


The Amazing Chase:
a creative environmental statement

Practical Work Attachment


Kubah National Park

 

The Nature Cove
at the Sungei Buloh

Ng Sock Ling
assistant director

 

Have you ever been captivated by the sight of shorebirds in flight while at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, and wished that you knew more about these fascinating creatures? Or wondered how man and the wetland ecosystem are interlinked?

If you visit Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve today, you will find a cosy ‘Nature Cove’ welcoming you to learn more about the wetlands.

Situated next to the Information Counter at the Visitor Centre, this little reading corner aims to complement the visitor’s outdoor exploration with a little more in-depth knowledge of the wetlands.

At Nature Cove, you can learn about the wetlands, its inhabitants, and the issues threatening the ecosystem’s survival.

Find out what you can do to safeguard the wetlands near you. Or find out what the wetlands can do for you if you’d like to pick up a new hobby like landscape painting or nature photography.

Nature Cove is proudly sponsored by the Press Foundation of Singapore and was officially opened by Professor Leo Tan, NParks Board Chairman, on 4 Dec 2004.

Nature Cove is open to visitors from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily.

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Vol 10 No 4

The Nature Cove

Reforestation and Reach Out

Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004


The Amazing Chase:
a creative environmental statement

Practical Work Attachment


Kubah National Park

 

Reforestation
and Reach Out

at the Sungei Buloh

Jeanne Tan
senior outreach officer

 

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“ For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold or silver.”

Martin Luther
1483-1546

 

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve’s “Reforestation and Reachout” started in August 2004, with the generous sponsorship of Toyota Motor Corporation and the participation of five schools. The programme aimed to involve students in reforesting the area around the outdoor classroom and to create educational materials based on their experience. It was hard work in the beginning sourcing committed and willing activists. However, we did still manage to secure five schools willing to participate and commit at least six to eight months of their time for this project.

We had a good range of participating schools, both local and international, with an age range of 10 to 18 year olds. The student activists were made up of Singaporeans and a diverse group of other nationalities, which include UK, Canada, Sweden, New Zealand, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. The role of the activists was to learn first hand about reforestation and rally their friends to join them in planting a new generation of trees and shrubs at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. Each school had eight activists to represent their school in this project.

The area around the Outdoor Classroom at SBWR showcased the diverse habitats of the Wetland Reserve, namely the mangrove, back mangrove, secondary forest and freshwater pond. Each of these habitats had its own uniqueness, which supported diversities of flora and fauna. A small spice garden was also planted to help the visitor link his new experiences of the Reserve’s plants to something he is likely to be familiar with.

From August 2004 to November 2004, the activists underwent a series of workshops conducted by SBWR staff and volunteers. These workshops included an orientation programme to familiarize them with their respective sites and to explain the need for reforestation. Through sessions on plant drawing, public speaking and presentations, resource searching and creating educational materials, they broadened their “outreach” scope. Given a list of plants to start with, the activists were encouraged to go a step further to find out more about the ecology of the area, and the benefits of reforestation.

The session on public speaking enabled and equipped the activists with necessary speaking and presentation skills. They embraced the message of nature conservation - what this wetland reserve has, the importance of trees - and brought forth a call to their peers to join them for a day of reforestation, at the Outdoor Classroom.

Apart from an ecological need to increase the diversity of flora and fauna near and around the Outdoor Classroom site, our other intention was to encourage more users, especially school groups, to use this area as an accompaniment to their academic school work or research.

The activists successfully rallied their peers to come back to SBWR over three days in December to assist in the reforestation of their respective habitats. For many of these students, reforestation was something only read about and known to them through their textbooks, so you could see and sense their excitement when they took a young sapling or shrub, and placed it purposefully into the ground. I know for many of them, it was a once in a lifetime experience, and something many of them will learn to cherish in their minds and hearts for a long while.

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Students hard at work by the freshwater pond habitat

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Mud pies, anyone?


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Groundwork!

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Secondary Forest planting

 

Their Say….

“My favourite moment…my group members together with 25 others from different levels went to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve to do reforestation”.
Doan Hoang Anh
16, Hillgrove Secondary School

“I want to spread the message of reforestation even further than it has ever gone. There is a real threat to wetlands and we have to help restore them. This program has definitely been memorable and I encourage more schools and children to join in the wonderful learning experience!”
Dara Jeyasundaram
13, Canadian International School

“To be able to be part of this team of young nature ambassadors may bear much responsibility but it also enriches my quest for knowledge and perseverance to continue this long and winding road of nature conservation in Singapore”
Ada Yen
16, Naval Base Secondary School

“It was the first time any of us had ever planted a tree. I will never forget the experience!”
Dominick Choo Wan Sheng
15, Naval Base Secondary School

It is our hope that through this “Reforestation and Reachout” programme, the young generation of today would take stock of what is left of their natural heritage, and learn to take stewardship of it.

Wilderness and forests around the globe are being depleted rapidly, and are becoming confined primarily to islands, parks and reserves. The health of our planet’s forests will depend on how well we manage and protect the few remaining areas we have left. Forests are not only sanctuaries of wildlife, but of the human spirit. Every tree adds vibrancy, colour, magnitude, and they are vessels of health and vigour.

Here at the Outdoor Classroom, with an effort rooted in togetherness, the students from the five participating schools have selflessly given their physical and mental energy to this “Reforestation and Reach Out” programme. These students are more aware now that the plants they have reforested are important in different ways to their individual habitat, but all united as living components which play their part for one vital ecosystem…

I would like to thank all staff and volunteers of SBWR who have given much of their time and effort in the preparation of this programme. Special thanks to Tay Soon Lian, Halilah Ahmad, Jeremy Ang, Deborah Tay, Linda Fang, Mok Wei Chi, Ng Sock Ling, Thi Ha Zan, and Supardi Mohd Shariff.



 

 


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Vol 10 No 4

The Nature Cove

Reforestation and Reach Out

Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004


The Amazing Chase:
a creative environmental statement

Practical Work Attachment


Kubah National Park

 

Bird Ringing
in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004

James Gan
senior conservation officer

Main article | Table 1 (summary part 1 | part 2) | Table 2 (longevity)

https://www.sbwr.org.sg/wetlands/photos/1004-3d.jpgNo new species of birds were ringed at SBWR in 2004. Although the absolute number of birds trapped had decreased, the year still saw some interesting species ringed. They are the Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Blue-eared Kingfisher, Eastern Crowned Warbler and Grey-tailed Tattler. Notably, it is the second time in 2 years that a Blue-eared Kingfisher has been mist netted and ringed at SBWR. Other birds ringed include the Pintail Snipe, Chestnut Munia and Striped Tit Babbler.


Bird ringing has been conducted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (SBWR) since 1990. This article gives an overview of some of the results of the bird ringing effort at Sungei Buloh over the past year. In 2004, a total of 373 birds from 50 species were ringed. The ringing field work was carried out on scheduled days and nights throughout the year. A summary of the number of birds ringed in 2004 (and the previous four years) is provided in Table 1.

The most commonly ringed bird species were (numbers ringed in brackets) : Pacific Golden Plover (103), Common Redshank (32), Yellow-vented Bulbul (28), Plainthroated Sunbird (18) and Scaly-breasted Munia (13). Compared to the previous year (2003 ringing results), the number of birds ringed has decreased from 517 to 373. The decrease is attributed to fewer hours of mist netting. As was the case in 2003, no Curlew Sandpipers were ringed but numbers of Common Redshank ringed have bucked a 3-year downward trend to register a slight increase.

Regular bird counts in SBWR have revealed no decrease in shorebird numbers. In fact, numbers have increased in 2004 and the Curlew Sandpipers and Mongolian Plovers that were noted to have avoided the wetland in 2003 had returned with peak counts of 206 and 175 birds respectively. Several habitat management measures to increase the attractiveness of the wetland for shorebirds over the past year looks to have been successful. These measures will continue. Ringing work and shorebird counts over the next few years will help to determine if the measures continue to be effective.

No new species of birds were ringed at SBWR in 2004. Although the absolute number of birds trapped had decreased, the year still saw some interesting species ringed. They are the Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Blue-eared Kingfisher, Eastern Crowned Warbler and Grey-tailed Tattler. Notably, it is the second time in two years that a Blue-eared Kingfisher has been mist netted and ringed at SBWR. Other birds ringed include the Pintail Snipe, Chestnut Munia and Striped Tit Babbler.

The ringing work has continued to bear fruit with retrap rates of over 10% of all individual birds trapped for each of the past three years. The retrap rate has ranged from 4.5% (2000) to 15.3% (2003). In 2004, the retrap rate was 13.9% (2004). There were 60 retraps from 20 species that had been ringed before 2004. The Pacific Golden Pintail Snipe Plover had 14 retraps followed by the Collared Kingfisher with 11 and the Plainthroated Sunbird with 6. One use for the data obtained from retrap birds is the enabling of longevity records and the survival of different bird species in the wild to be determined. These records are provided in Table 2. Of special mention, a Pacific Golden Plover was recaptured after an interval of 169 months (14 years 1 month) breaking the previous record set in 2003 of 146 months (12 years 2 months). This bird from Sungei Buloh is currently believed to be the world record holder for the title of the oldest ringed Pacific Golden Plover. Other retraps include the Black Bittern, Common Kingfisher and Japanese Sparrowhawk. The sparrowhawk is the first raptor to have been recaptured at SBWR and is believed to be the first evidence of site fidelity exhibited by a migratory sparrowhawk to its wintering grounds. In summary, bird ringing in 2004 has continued to reveal surprises in the presence of bird species, their movements, abundance and survival in Sungei Buloh. Data collected are invaluable for the long-term conservation and management of the wetland reserve.

Acknowledgements
This article is possible thanks to fellow ringers Ramakrishnan, Linda Goh, Charles Lim, Ray Knock, Mustaffa Hajar, Abdul Khalid and Chan Su Hooi for contributing to the ringing work. Many others assisted with the ringing including staff, volunteers and friends especially Halilah Ahmad, Ong Hai Chwee, Supardi Mohd Shariff, Jack Wong, Loke Wai Leng and Jeanne Tan. Jeremy Ang, Tay Soon Lian and Ramakrishnan took a number of photographs and catalogued them for documentation. I am grateful for the voluntary help from Nick Baker, Ray Knock, Lua Wai Heng and R. Subaraj who provided expert advice, sighting records or helped out during the ringing sessions.

References

  • Piersma. T. & Wiersma, P., (1996). Family Charadriidae (Plovers). Pp. 384-442 in: del Hoyo,J.,Elliot, A. & Sargatal, J. eds (1996). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
  • Wells, D. R. 1999. The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Vol 1. Academic Press, San Diego
  • Wetlands Vol 8, No.1, April 2001, Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Nature Park in 2000,. Pp 7 –10, Publication of SBNP, National Parks Board, Singapore
  • Wetlands Vol 9, No.1, April 2002, Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2001,. Pp 8 –11, Publication of SBWR, National Parks Board, Singapore
  • Wetlands Vol 10, No.1, April 2004, Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2002,. Pp 6 – 8, Publication of SBWR, National Parks Board, Singapore
  • Wetlands Vol 10, No.2, Nov 2004, Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2003,. Pp 8 – 11, Publication of SBWR, National Parks Board, Singapore

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a publication of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve


 

Vol 10 No 4

The Nature Cove

Reforestation and Reach Out

Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004


The Amazing Chase:
a creative environmental statement

Practical Work Attachment


Kubah National Park

 

Bird Ringing
in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004

James Gan
senior conservation officer

Main article | Table 1 (summary part 1 | part 2) | Table 2 (longevity)

Table 1: Summary of individual birds ringed
at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004


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a publication of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve


 

Vol 10 No 4

The Nature Cove

Reforestation and Reach Out

Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004


The Amazing Chase:
a creative environmental statement

Practical Work Attachment


Kubah National Park

 

Bird Ringing
in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004

James Gan
senior conservation officer

Main article | Table 1 (summary part 1 | part 2) | Table 2 (longevity)

Table 1: Summary of individual birds ringed
at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004


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a publication of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve


 

Vol 10 No 4

The Nature Cove

Reforestation and Reach Out

Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004


The Amazing Chase:
a creative environmental statement

Practical Work Attachment


Kubah National Park

 

Bird Ringing
in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004

James Gan
senior conservation officer

Main article | Table 1 (summary part 1 | part 2) | Table 2 (longevity)

Table 2: Longevity Records (Selected Species)
At least 6 months for resident birds or 1 season for migrants

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Vol 10 No 4

The Nature Cove

Reforestation and Reach Out

Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004


The Amazing Chase:
a creative environmental statement

Practical Work Attachment


Kubah National Park

 

The Amazing Chase
A Creative Environmental Statement

Linda Goh
senior outreach officer
currently on study leave to pursue
her Master in Environment Studies in
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

 

As part of the tradition for the Master programme in the School of Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University, each first year student is expected to come up with a creative environmental statement to be delivered in class at the end of the term.

When our professor first communicated this assignment to us, my immediate thought was this presents the perfect opportunity to showcase and share about Singapore’s shorebird conservation efforts and our wetland reserve to my Canadian counterparts.

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To illustrate the importance of wetlands as an important component of shorebird conservation, my game plan was to help my audience understand the migratory shorebirds on the East Australasian Flyway, Singapore’s role in this flyway and the importance of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in a more engaging way.

The audience were to be a part of the journey and experience the ‘trials and tribulations’ of the shorebirds. Just as it is important to have the cooperation of the different countries in the protection of wetlands to ensure the survival of the shorebirds, I pitched the idea to a fellow Japanese student and roped her in the quest of creating “The Amazing Chase for the Endless Summer’ board game.

While the objective of the game is to be the first player to get the shorebirds from their breeding ground in Siberia to their wintering ground in Australia or New Zealand and back, the players will ‘experience’ the same threats these birds face as well as get some help along the way in the form of the protected wetlands in the East Asian Australasian Shorebird Site Network. The game was a hit when we presented it to the class and our professor gave us an A+ for it. The bonus would however be to bring this game to the local Canadian schools and spread the conservation message. This is the next project we are currently working on. With the wind beneath our wings, we are racing on.

 

 


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Vol 10 No 4

The Nature Cove

Reforestation and Reach Out

Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004


The Amazing Chase:
a creative environmental statement

Practical Work Attachment


Kubah National Park

 

Practical Work Attachment
at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Mok Wi Chi
geography teacher
with Pei Cai Secondary School
and SBWR volunteer

 

I just could not stop smiling to myself as I used my fingertips to touch the rostrum of the live prawn. I was trying to identify the prawn species. Apparently, if its rostrum is smooth at the bottom, it is likely to be a ‘Greasy-back’ prawn, and if its rostrum is jagged at the bottom, it is likely to be an ‘Indian’ prawn.

“What are you smiling about?” Asked my fellow attachment friend, Andy. Andy, along with Weiling, were both new employees of NParks, and they were on a one week attachment at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (SBWR). I, on the other hand, am a teacher on a five-week attachment with SBWR.

“Why are you smiling?” Andy probed.

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I grinned and replied, “Don’t you find it very amusing? Prawns are something that we often eat and take for granted, and yet, now we are all grown adults here frantically trying our best to quickly sort the small live prawns into different sizes to measure their length and weight before releasing them, while they just keep on jumping around the table!”

Just as I finished my sentence, another prawn jumped off the table.

I quickly retrieved it and tried to identify it. “It’s a Tamil Prawn!” I blurted innocently. All at the table burst out laughing, and started teasing. It did not help that a few minutes ago I just called the ‘Greasy- Back’ a ‘Grizzly Bear’.

The prawn census was one of the most memorable experience that I would treasure and share as I return to teaching. Friends and colleagues were amused that I would be willing to give up my holidays to work at ‘a mangrove place’ and ‘travel almost to Johor Bharu’ each morning for five weeks. What they failed to see was the amazing learning opportunities that awaited me!

In a span of five weeks at SBWR, I witnessed for myself the rich natural heritage that we Singaporeans ought to be proud of. There is just so much wildlife and natural beauty around us!

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People around me sometimes complained about living in a ‘concrete jungle’ with little or no natural beauty, and grumbled at the lack of wildlife in Singapore.

Incidentally, they would be the same ones who would pack their bags during holidays, fly off to an exotic nature site in another country, and boast about their experience over dinner to their friends when they get back home. Such people may have witnessed the grandeur of the sunset at Grand Canyon or the majestic power of the Niagara Falls and yet sadly, they never bothered to explore their own backyard.

If I were to bring these people to SBWR now, they might probably not be able to call out the name of their own giant mudskippers, and probably even identify monitor lizards as komodo dragons. They would see otters and think that they are big rats. They could witness their own estuarine crocodile half submerged in water and insist it to be a prop. During the migratory season, they would probably glance at hundreds and hundreds of pacific golden plovers feeding on the mudflats, and ask,”Where’s all that beautiful chirping sound coming from?” But alas, it is only if these people would be willing to come with me to visit a mangrove.

The good news is, there are many other Singaporeans who appreciate our own nature spots. From my understanding, each year, at least 90 000 Singaporeans would make the extra effort to travel to Kranji to visit our very own wetland reserve.

I believe sometimes we just need to stop in our fast-paced life and look around us. Nature can exist in small pockets. Every turn at SBWR and Kranji Nature Trail is picturesque. Stay at one spot long enough, and you would witness the place coming alive. As Singaporeans, should we not explore our own country and know it well first?

I am glad I have traded my travelling bags for this once-in-a-lifetime experience to work at SBWR. I was very grateful that SBWR was prepared for my attachment.

There was a well-planned programme drawn out for me and staff at SBWR were briefed about my attachment prior to my first day. People were friendly, and were very willing to allow me to join them in their work.

Several of the staff also took initiative to share their expertise, organisational values and conservation views with me. The organisation also took initiative to liaise visits with two other NParks Conservation Branches at Biodiversity Centre and Pulau Ubin. This enabled me to have a more holistic view of the conservation measures in Singapore.

I had the opportunity to help out in SBWR research and educational programmes and activities. Some highlights of my attachment include helping out in bird census, bird ringing, prawn census, and conducting as well as participating in activities such as nature guiding, reforestation, coastal cleanup, teachers’ workshop and a Young Naturalist Camp. By participating whole-heartedly in all work that was given, I experienced working as a visitor centre personnel, educational outreach officer, ranger, researcher, clerk and even had the opportunity to do manual work along with the contract workers.

My time of work with the conservation unit have made me more mature, and now I am beginning to truly appreciate the efforts and roles played by different people in our community. Through this attachment, I also had the opportunity to do a lot of reflection. I personally feel that the best insight that I had gained from this attachment is that I am now even more convinced about the role I play as a teacher. While I can contribute a bit to conservation by joining as a volunteer with SBWR, I believe I can do so much more by teaching my pupils well, and moulding them to be morally upright and environmentally conscious individuals who are proud of Singapore’s own natural heritage.

 

 


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Vol 10 No 4

The Nature Cove

Reforestation and Reach Out

Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004


The Amazing Chase:
a creative environmental statement

Practical Work Attachment


Kubah National Park

 

Kubah National Park

Andrew Tan
visitor services officer



Hi, my name is Andrew and I guess most you will find me familiar because I am a “gatekeeper” at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. Being a nature lover, I have travelled quite a fair bit to several other national parks and nature areas such as Grampians National Park in Australia, Grand Canyon National Park in US and the most recent one, Kubah National Park in Malaysia.

Kubah National Park is very interesting and rather close to Singapore. The climate is almost the same as what we have here. In terms of accommodation and meals, I must say it is also ‘budget-friendly’ and with the existence of budget flights around this region, you can travel cheaply as well.

For those of us who have not the slightest idea where Kubah National Park is, it is situated in Sarawak, East Malaysia, about 20km west of Kuching, the capital of Sarawak. For those who love nature and have not been to Sarawak, there are about ten national parks there. It is a good place to visit because each National Park has its own uniqueness and you can see a vast variety of flora and fauna at each place.

Mixed dipterocarp forests predominate with patches of scrub and kerangas adding variety. It is rich in palms and orchids that include species of Licuala, rattans, Pantu, Pinanga, Appendicula, Dipodium and Eria are in abundance.

The cool forest, the nearby mangrove and the dissected terrain are home to a considerably large wildlife population. This includes the mouse deer, squirrels and the bearded pig. The loud calls of the black hornbills (kenyalang), could be distinctly heard when I were there. This venerable bird features prominently in many Iban religious ceremonies. Other notable inhabitants of the park are varieties of amphibians and reptiles.

I believe that if one is a nature lover and can afford to travel, East Malaysia is worth visiting and the best to enjoy is nature because not many of these places have been developed for high rise buildings. Visiting other National Parks has broadened my understanding and increased my appreciation for Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, our own natural heritage.

The beauty of nature in those parks beckons me for a longer stay, and if chance may have it, someday, I would like to return to experience and enjoy all that beauty again.

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