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ON THIS WEEK?! Nature activities and events happening this week 22-28 Mar 2004 27 Mar (Sat): Free guided walk of the Sensory Trail, Pulau Ubin Time: 9.30am and 10am Use all your senses to appreciate and learn about fascinating plants. More details Contact: Ubin Information Kiosk 6542-4108 27 Mar (Sat): Free guided walk of Pulau Ubin Time: 10am, meet at Changi Point Jetty, under angsana tree nearest to jetty. This 2-hour guided nature walk by the Green Volunteer Network brings you through orchards, vegetable gardens, mangroves, prawn farms and coconut plantations. More details about Ubin and about the walk at the GVN website. Pre-registration is required as the walk will only be held if there are people who sign up for it. Contact: info@gvn.com.sg or 6337 6062. 27 Mar (Sat): Free guided walk of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Time: 9am, 10am, 3pm, 4pm You'll see the fabulous plants and animals of the mangroves and freshwater wetlands. Meet at the Visitor Centre. Usual entry charges apply: $1 per adult, 50cents per child /student/senior citizen. More details Contact: sbwr@pacific.net.sg Tel: 6 794 1401 Fax: 6 793 7271 28 Mar (Sun): 18th Annual Bird Census Starts at 7.30am at many known birdwatching sites in Singapore. Open only to NSS members and associates Members’ invaluable help over the years have enabled us to conduct this census successfully. 17 years of data collected have assisted the society to piece together conservation proposals, assessed the state of our natural habitats and also have an overview of the general population trends of our avian friends. Your help is needed once again to help us continue this census. All we need is your ability to see and count! Help the site leader at a site nearest your home or a site that you may be interested in. Do a good cause for nature this weekend, and enjoy the great outdoors. Register before 23 March. Contact: More details about the Nature Society (Singapore). To join the NSS, email contact@nss.org.sg or call 6741 2036. 28 Mar (Sun): An introduction to Singapore plants: Mangroves at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Time: 9.30am. Meet at the Visitor Centre Open only to NSS members and associates Shawn Lum and the Plant Group of the Nature Society (Singapore) conducts this walk for novice naturalists of all ages. Have you gotten dizzy during a nature walk from listening to all those long botanical names? The Plant Group hopes to conduct quarterly plant walks for those who want to acquaint themselves with the basics of our wonderful flora. Aimed especially at those new to nature and the Nature Society (Singapore), this walk should provide enough of the basics to take part in regular plant walks without feeling lost. Contact: More details about the Nature Society (Singapore). To join the NSS, email contact@nss.org.sg or call 6741 2036. 28 Mar (Sun): Free guided walk of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Time: 9am, 10am, 3pm, 4pm You'll see the fabulous plants and animals of the mangroves and freshwater wetlands. Meet at the Visitor Centre. Usual entry charges apply: $1 per adult, 50cents per child /student/senior citizen. More details Contact: sbwr@pacific.net.sg or call 6794 1401 28 Mar (Sun): Free "Painting with Pui San" at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Time: 8.30am-11am. Pui San welcomes artists of all ages or anyone who wants to learn. His objective is to encourage creativity while enjoying nature at the same time. Bring along your favourite drawing or painting supplies. Meet 8.30am at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve ticketing counter (Visitor Centre). Usual entry charges apply: $1 per adult, 50cents per child /student/senior citizen. Contact: Tham Pui Sam at thampuisan@hotmail.com or the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve at sbwr@pacific.net.sg or call 6794 1401 Want MORE events? View all the upcoming events in the calendar for the next 3 months. |
what's on this week? upcoming events for the next 3 months and beyond regular events weekly and monthly guided walks and more big green days major annual celebrations of nature indoor intro to nature in Singapore for kids only! other activities competitions archives of past weekly alerts email us we will gladly list your nature events do let us know of any broken links and defunct emails |
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