Anemone hunt at Cyrene

Thanks to Nick for inviting me to join his students in an anemone hunt at Cyrene Reef.

We saw many anemones and other interesting marine life. I was glad to come across a patch of several Knobbly sea stars. Although these were not as numerous as in the past, it was a relief to see them as we did not see large numbers on our trips to Cyrene in May 2017 or Feb 2017.

Little Sisters Island is alive

We return to Little Sisters Island for the first time since mass coral bleaching hit last year.

I was relieved to see that most of the corals were alright. It was lovely to see 'Nemos' too!

St John's with dolphins, seahorses!

We saw Nemo, seahorses and dolphins this morning! Singapore's shores are alive!

Sadly, we also saw men with a long fish net in the lagoon which had trapped sharks. Also, all the Tape seagrasses were cropped, and the corals on the shore don't appear to be recovering well from mass coral bleaching.

Return of underwater garden at Pulau Ubin

The colourful underwater gardens on Pulau Ubin have returned!

Missing since 2015, it was a relief to see sea fans, feather stars and other colourful marine life on our favourite Ubin rocky shore.

2017 edition: Diary of Spotted Wood owl family

The Spotted Wood owl pair that had a baby in 2016 in my neighbourhood park, did it again this year!

Ms Teng Wah, a neighbour, and I have been observing the family for sometime. Thanks to her, and information shared by other neighbours too. Here's some of the key highlights of the family since the baby emerged from the nest in July.

Oil slick washed up at East Coast Park (19 Jul 2017)

About 300m of East Coast Park beach near carpark F2 and Bedok Jetty is reportedly stained with oil.

The smell of oil was first deteced at around 5.30pm.