Friday, December 12, 2008

Pasir Ris Mangrove

I promised myself tt ill visit de mangrove in Pasir Ris soon & since i was feeling totally bored, i chose to go todae =) I didnt realised tt de mangrove was so near my hse....lolx The weather was lookin great wen i set off @ ard 1230-1300.... i noe crazy time to walk in a park but again de weather's great, cloudy & nt much sun Hurray =D deres de cute map of de area =)
Deres alot of crabs grazing the low tide areas wen i walk along a stretch of the walkway. pretty sight. Above is de Episesarma Singaporense aka S'pore vinegar crab which r tree-climbing on high tides to avoid predators tt hunt wif de incoming tide. Dere r 3 species of Eppy which r differenciated by the colour of the claws.

There's a fish in de centre of de pic on de mount of earth.... i spoted it along the trail of crabs earlier. Dunno wats de name..... Most prob the mudskipper....

If u notice carefully, ull c de Rhizophora propugule in de middle of de pic.

Try to spot a shell in the middle of the pic, its camofludged.... lolx i spotted it along de trail again. I predict it's Diogenes sp aka mangrove hermit crab which arent closely related to true crabs. It not likely to be Cerithedia obtusa aka the mud creeper (snail) most commonly known as 'chut-chut'... comparing the two posters pics i took along de wae.... it looks more likely de shell of de hermit crab....

That's the bird-watching tower but too bad i didnt see any birds.... =(

A few metres away frm the bird-watching tower are 2 bird-watching hut. Behind a hut lurks some danger..... Beware

Nearby de swarp is a eco pond but theres nth except some plants ard de pond...disappointed

Dis u wldnt expect wld b branched off frm a drain wldnt u? but in fact it is!!!! Surprise surprise thats y i didnt realise tt the mangrove's so near me & i hav walked past it so many times & i didnt noe.....lolx. The left bank's the swarp & the right bank is just pasir ris park; costa sands resort & downtown east =) Wen i walked out frm the area its bloody freaking hot!!!! (pardon the language) yea so much sun..... haiz dere my little adventure ended rather quick. if any care to come for a tour i wld gladly take u dere =)

1 comment:

Mafer said...

wow... next time bring me to see...