2010 Butterfly Events

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May 23
Jun 20

May 29
Saturday

Butterfly Spotting at Mount Faber Park with Gan Cheong Weei (97544174)

Meeting place: Start of Marang Trail alonbg Marang Road <map>
Time: 9:30 am.

From Marang Road, we are going to take a leisurely walk up  the Marang Trail which will lead us to the Mount   Faber Park.  Species encountered at this park include the Chocolate Grass Yellow, King Crow, Plain Nawab, Yamfly, Common  Imperial, Fluffy Tit and Acacia Blue.

Please remember to bring along your NSS Butterfly Guide!

This walk will last about three hours. 

Jun 21
Sunday

Butterfly Trail at Orchard Pilot Plot Launch (Link)
Date: 21st June, 2010 (Monday)
Time: 4pm – 6pm
Venue: Nassim Road Green Site at Tanglin Road

Residents living around the Nassim and Tanglin Road area can look forward to not only more flora but also more butterflies around their estate. To kick off the first phase of the Butterfly Trail, about 900 shrubs and 24 trees (to provide food for caterpillars and adult butterflies) will be planted at the Nassim Road site at the event’s inaugural garden celebration on 21st June, at 4pm. The Queensway Primary School, Raffles Girls Secondary School (RGS) and the National Institute of Education (NIE) will share their enthusiastic students to participate in the planting. Ambassador-at-Large, Professor Tommy Koh, will be the Guest-of-Honour for the event.  In the following weeks, the site will be fully planted up with host and nectar plants and monitored on a regular basis. Learning from this experience, the whole series of sites on the Butterfly Trail in the Orchard Corridor will be surveyed, planted up and monitored.

Looking ahead, NParks, STB, ORBA and NSS hope to organise more programs, such as the recently launched NParks initiative to bring more epiphytic orchids to Orchard Road trees and more events, as additional sites are planted up for butterflies.  These additional initiatives will strengthen our aspiration to promote nature appreciation among the general public of Singapore and to increase the awareness and affection for our natural heritage.  Nature as one of Orchard Road prime attractions? Thanks to the Butterfly Trail at Orchard, this may one day be considered a given.

Jul 17
Saturday

Butterfly Walk at Teck Whye with Steven Chong (HP: 9796-9193)
Meet place: Park connector between Blk 160A and Gracefield Kindergarten just off Jalan Teck Whye
Time: 9:30am - 12pm

Hidden behind the backyard of Teck Whye Secondary School lies a pretty butterfly garden fronted by a canal with a wooded area on the opposite side. Supported by NParks, this garden boasts no less than 20 butterfly species. Butterflies that can be spotted here include the Common Mime, Painted Jezebel, Striped Albatross, Lemon Emigrant, Common Grass Yellow, Plain Tiger, Leopard Lacewing and Peacock Pansy.

Mingle with Butterflies at Changi Airport T3 with Simon (97485465) and Gan (97544174)

Meeting Place: Information Counter, Level 2, Changi Airport Terminal 3.
Times: 9.30am to 12.00pm
Closing date: 8th July 2010.
Infromation : Changi terminal 3 Butterfly Garden, Jun 4 2009 visit to T3 Garden

Note:
- Limited to 18 places (NSS members only) including babies and toddlers.
- Parents are advised to accompany their young children into the garden.
- A fee of $5 per person will be collected on the spot. This includes babies and toddlers.
- Details will be emailed to those who sign up.

Come and experience the world's first butterfly garden in an airport. Get close and personal to the 'stars'. Located at the Transit Mall, it is a sanctuary for close to 50 butterfly species native to Singapore and Malaysia. At any time they would be more  than 1,000 free-flying beauties in there. In addition, the garden has educational corners and individual enclosures where visitors can observe the breeding and feeding of butterflies. If you are lucky, you might even witness butterflies leaving their pupae!    

Particulars needed by Changi Airport:
a) Full Name as in NRIC/FIN, b) Gender, c) Race, d) Nationality, e) Country of Birth, f) Date of Birth (DD/MM/YY), g) Home/Company Address, h) Handphone Number, i) NSS membership number.          

Please email details to Simon at chansimon67@yahoo.com.

Note that the date for this walk can only be confirmed after SATS police approve of the participant list. We will email you to confirm this, and to provide further details.    

Get Wet with Butterflies at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve with Simon Chan (97485465)

Meet place : Visitor Center
Time: 9:30am.

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

-- No butterfly walk in December --

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