We were at
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve today at about 5pm. This is the first time Javier come to this place. Jerlene came here once when she was 1+ year old (
see here) but she could not remember a thing. As usual, the first thing they did here was to get the map of this place.
We started exploring the area just outside of the reserve entrance. Here, we saw a Hornbill hiding in a tree. Jerlene, who brought along a binoculars, was busy looking for interesting stuff around.
Then we saw a monitor lizard resting on a wooden floating platform in the pond.
As we entered the park, we came to a wooden bridge that links to the other side of the river. Sad to say, the water is pretty polluted. We can see emptied bottles, plastic bags and other rubbish floating in the water. I do not recall such scenes when we were here previously. Hopefully the relevant authority can do something about it.
After we crossed over to the other side of the river, we came to large water catchment area where we saw those migratory birds.
These are the Grey and Purple Herons, which are among the largest bird in Singapore. Every now and then, we can also see fishes jumping out of the water. My guess is that these fishes are trying to feed on those insects that were flying just above the water.
As we walked deeper into the reserve, we began to get "attacked" by swamps of mosquitoes. So we decided to quickly turn back and explore the other parts of the reserve. Near the entrance, there is a mangrove boardwalk, which is the shortest route (about 500m) in the reserve. Throughout the boardwalk, we saw many unique flora, as seen below.
We also saw many fauna such as mudskipper, tree climbing crabs and waders along the way.
Before we left the place, Jerlene and Javier took a photo shot of their "trademark" jump on the boardwalk.
This trip was pretty enjoyable except for the "mosquitoes attack".
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