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Jan 13th
Sunday
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Urban
Butterfly Walk at Kallang Riverside Park with Simon Chan (9-724-3106)
Meeting place: Station Control
of Kallang MRT.
Time: 9.30 am
Online guide:
information about the park
We will be taking a leisurely
stroll in the park which is made up of mostly grassland. Be sure to wear
long pants as the lallang can give quite a nasty cut. Species common here
include the Blue Pansy, Peacock Pansy, Lesser Grass Blue and many more
urban species. Participants will be enthralled with the black and white
Cabbage White which is very common here but seldom seen elsewhere. There
are some coffee shops a few minutes away.
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| Feb |
No Butterfly Walk
in February |
Mar
16th
Saturday
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Butterfly Walk
at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve with Steven Neo (6433-7509)
Meeting Place: Visitor Centre.
Time: 9.30 am.
Online guide:
information about Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
We will be taking the cycling track leading towards the quarry.
Species spotted here
include the ever magnificent and endangered Common Birdwing and Common Rose.
Others like the Knight, Horsfield Baron, Archduke, Malay Viscount and many
more forest denizens can be encountered on this trail. Also not forgetting
the recent arrival Autumn Leaf which called Singapore home since Sept 1999.
Please bring enough water to last 3 hours. Insect repellent will be needed
for this walk. |
Apr 13th
Saturday
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Butterfly
Walk at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve with Gan Cheong Weei (6775-9242)
Meeting place: Visitor Centre.
Time: 9.30 am.
Online guide:
information about Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
We will be walking on the cycling track leading towars the Senapang track. This part of the
world used to be a village and the forest have partially reclaimed it.
Species regularly found here include the Common Posy, Malayan Egg Fly,
Common Mormon, Common Caerulean,
Common Faun, a few Sailor species and many more. We hope to see the
endangered but magnificent Common Birdwing. Please bring enough water and mosquito repellent as the walk will last
about three hours
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May 26th
Sunday
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Butterfly Walk
at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve with Jing Ling (9-724-3106)
Meet at the Visitor Center at 9:30am. (Neo Tiew Crescent, map 20).
Online guide: Sungai Buloh
Nature Park website and
map of the park.
We will be taking a leisurely stroll in the park on the left side after
the main bridge. Lovelies seen here include the Sumatran Sunbeam, the Blue
Glassy Tiger and the similar looking Dark Glassy Tiger, the fast flying
Banded Swallowtail and the black and white Common Mormon. We might
encounter the rare Blue Nawab.
Participants are advised to speak quietly as Sungei Buloh is a bird sanctuary.
Please bring enough water and insect repellent for this 2~3 hour walk. |
Jun 8th
Saturday
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Butterfly Walk
at Singapore Island Country Club with Steven Neo (6433-7509)
Meeting place: Hut at the
intersection of Venus Drive and Island Club
Road.
Time: 9.30 am.
Species seen here varied from season to season depending on whether there
were flowering trees in the forest. Residents include the Commander,
Knight, Malay Viscount, Archduke, Five Bar Swordtail, Great Helen, Common
Tree Nymph and many more forest denizens.
The Banded Yeoman, Royal Assyrian and Pandita sinope sinope are just some
of the more seasonally common species. We hope to see the Dark Blue Jungle
Glory which we have not seen for some time now.
Remember to bring enough water and mosquito repellent as the walk will
last about three hours. |
Jul 21st
Sunday
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Butterfly Walk
at Alexandra Hospital Butterfly Trail with Gan Cheong Weei (6775-9252)
Meeting place: At carpark outside main entrance of hospital.
Time: 9.30 am.
This is the first time we have an official walk at the grounds of this
hospital who have, with the expertise of the Butterfly Interest Group, been
planted with butterfly attracting plants. Species spotted here include the
common Lime Butterfly, the graceful Painted Jezebel, the fast-flying Common
Tit, Common Mormon, Plain Tiger and the new resident, the Autumn Leaf. The
walk will last about two hours. |
Aug 11th
Sunday
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Butterfly Walk
at Pulau Ubin with Simon Chan (9724-3106)
Meeting place: Changi Village jetty.
Time: 9.30 am.
From the jetty we will be taking a bum boat ride ($2 each way) to the
idyllic island. Species spotted there include the rare Blue Nawab, Great
Mormon, very common Blue Glassy Tiger and its almost identical cousin
Parantica agleoides agleoides. Remember to bring enough water and mosquito
repellant. The walk will last about three hours (excluding bum boat ride). |
Sep 22nd
Sunday
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Butterfly
Walk at Upper Seletar Reservoir with Gan Cheong Weei (6775-9242)
Meeting place: Viewing tower.
Time: 9.30 am.
We will be taking a leisurely
stroll around the park which boasts butterflies like Great Mormon, Malay
Lacewing,
Commander, Common Mormon,
Cruiser and many more forest denizens. We hope to see the very rare Dark
Blue
Jungle Glory, the seasonal
Plain Lacewing and the once-a-lifetime encounter, the Chersonesia peraka
peraka. Please bring enough water and
mosquito repellant. This walk will be around 2 hours. |
Oct 13th
Sunday
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Butterfly Walk
at Bukit Batok Nature Park with Jing Ling (9724-3106).
Meeting place: Bukit Batok Nature Park Main Car Park.
Time: 9.30 am
Online guide:
information about the park and
detailed map of the area.
We will be taking a leisurely stroll in the park which is made up of
mostly rubber plantations reclaimed by the forest. Butterflies common here
include the forest species Tawny Palmfly, Branded Imperial, Malay Viscount
and many urban species also like the Striped Albatross, Painted Jezebel
and Lime Butterfly. Sometimes one can even find the extremely rare
Chocolate Albatross and the magnificent but endangered Common Birdwing.
Please bring enough water and insect repellent as the walk will take about
three hours. |
| Nov |
No butterfly walk in November. |
| Dec |
No butterfly walk in
December. |
