Hello!
As promised, I will set this blog post more for mangroves. So here it is. Went to visit a "secret place" in Singapore. It is in the middle of the Johore Straits and thus, no seashells. :( However, there were numerous mangroves around and so were their seeds. :) So here is a small intro on the days activities!
So here's the only shell found today! The African Giant Land Snail. found it along the grassy patch near the carpark and it was clean of residue.
halfbeaks that are near the harbour. They can also be found elsewhere with the archer fish.
Archer Fish and green chromide lazing about near the harbour... these are the salt water species.
The dock. Behind is Coney Island. It is slated to be a nature reserve soon! Majority of the plants would be the rhu tree...
These live drills were found along the side of the harbour walls. I guess it was low tide when I arrived.
Coney Island again, this time while we are on the boat!
The Country Club.
Punggol beach/park. The whole stretch here is lined with cages of granite rock.
The western wing of Punggol Park, this is the stretch which i usually visit for my shelling trips!
Eastern Wing. Much more sandy beaches.
Nightmare and Sweet dreams, OBS Harbour. this was the harbour we mistook as the one we were supposed to dock at and ended up getting everyone chised off... :)
Pulau Ketam. This whole island is covered in mangroves and is split into two islands during the high tide!
More mangroves...
Ah Ha! The rhizophora sp. mangroves. This is probably where most of the seeds collected were from. Look at the impressive root mat of the plants!
Some of the mangrove seeds that were found. I think most of them were rhizophora but will have to check again. I will probably create another blog post to that has their identities. :)
Beautiful. Pulau Ubin in the background. I actually kayaked past this area during OBS but never had the chance to snap a photo. Well, tha place was so relaxing it felt like a dream. Everything is so slow and calm. The dogs there were also very friendly too. :)
Hee hee! A boat named as this! CHIO BU!!! Maybe if i had a boat i would name it chiobu too.
So here are the mangroves. I have separated them by colour and shape. the ones second from the left on the top row have a squarish cross section. Rhizophora sp.
A close up view. this photo is snapped in my room.
I really enjoyed the visit there today! It was like a quick retreat after being bombed by poor results from the past exam... T_T Still, enjoyed the family time with my family, Ah Kong, Ah Mah, Xiao Yi, Pa, Ma, Hannah etc... I will probably be going back there again so hope to bring more interesting stuff the next time! :)
