Trip to sugei buloh nature reserve:D

The Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve is Singapore's first and only protected wetland reserve, and is home to over 500 species of tropical flora and fauna. Sungei Buloh was first discovered by avid birdwatchers from the then Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), who then wrote a proposal to the government for its conservation. The development of the park was undertaken by the Parks and Recreation Department (which is now the National Parks Board) with experts from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust from the United Kingdom and the Worldwide Fund for Nature. The nature park was officially opened on 6 December 1993. In 2002, the 130 ha was officially gazetted as a nature reserve and was renamed the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. The reserve was also declared an ASEAN Heritage Park in 2003.

At the entrance, we managed to catch a sight of the a MONITOR LIZARD.  It was a really good and and lucky experience. The water there was rather muddy, but it suits the MONITOR LIZARD well ^_^

When we entered the Reserve, we thought these were real living creatures as it looked really life-like, but it was a statue. Do You Think It Looks Real?...













In the reserve, they have...

• Sea hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus) - has heart-shaped leaves and can grow up to 13 meters tall.
• Pondweed (Monochoria hastate) - an aquatic herb with broad spearhead-shaped leaves and long stalks. The flowers are light violet and the fruits are enclosed in capsule with many tiny seeds within.
• Ceratopteris thalictroides - a fleshy tufted aquatic fern that looks like fleshy celery.
• Cattail or bulrush (Typha angustifolia) - an aquatic grass-like herb that can grow up to three meters tall. The sausage-looking inflorescence contains tiny fruits that are dispersed by the wind. Birds like munias and bulbuls also gather these cotton-like fruits to line their nest.
• Water lettuce - a floating plant that has soft velvety leaves and bears small, white flowers.
• Water banana - bears two types of roots; those that look like bananas and those that anchor the plant to the soil.