Sungei Buloh is a nature reserve on the north-western corner of Singapore Island. It provides a temporary home for migratory birds that fly from as far away as Siberia. It comprises 130 hectares of mangroves, mudflats, ponds and forest.
Photos
Very top: A panoramic view of the reserve from the aerie. Just to the right of the centre of the picture are the Straits of Johor. Across the strait is Malaysia. Look carefully and see the high rise of Johor Bahru.
Left column from top
The boardwalk through the mangroves gave us the opportunity to see mudskippers, monitors, crabs, fish, spiders, birds, flowers and one Malayan pit viper sleeping in the bushes. I asked the guide to pull the leaves back so that I could get a good picture. Sorry, he would not oblige.
Fancy flying all the way from Siberia to find this water monitor had taken over your pond.
Most visitors take the shorter walks close to the visitors' centre. Despite numerous hides we saw birds there in small numbers. When we took the longer, less used trail we found this scene. The log just below the centre of the picture is actually a water monitor.
Right column from top
Scene on boardwalk trail
Flower of ginger plant
The fruit of this tree can be seen both open and closed.
The aerie from which the top photograph was taken.
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