Sea anemones (closed)
This is a photographic record of a trip to Chek Jawa Wetlands on Pulau Ubin, an island to the north-east of Singapore. Many thanks to JF, who was both host and natural history guide.
Sea anemones (open)
Lebadea martha parkeri (Knight)
Butterfly
(tentative) Pantoporia paraka paraka (Perak Lascar)
Caterpillar
Coastal boardwalk
Dead tree
Gold-spotted mudskipper (Periophthalmus chrysospilos)
Mudskipper (Periophthalmus sp.)
Courtship display, Walking Goby/Bearded Mudskipper (Scartelaos histophorus)
A Walking Goby/Bearded Mudskipper flicks its body out of the water with its tail to attract a female, followed shortly by…
Mating, Walking Goby/Bearded Mudskipper (Scartelaos histophorus)
A Walking Goby/Bearded Mudskipper (Scartelaos histophorus) enters its burrow
(tentative) Silver-lined mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus)
Jellyfish
This large jellyfish (approx. 40cm bell) was washed up on the landward side of the boardwalk.
Fiddler crab (Uca sp.)
Monitor lizard
Monitor lizard
As the boardwalk wends its way into the mangroves…
Mud creeper/Chut-chut (Cerithidea obtusa)
Drill (Thais gradata)
Monitor lizard
Giant mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri)
Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Fruit cluster of the Attap Palm/Nipah Palm (Nypa fruticans)
A view from the tower
The large palms with the near-vertical leaves are Attap Palm/Nipah Palm (Nypa fruticans). The leaves are used to construct roofs and the seeds are used in the local dessert “ice kachang”.
Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
A family of long-tailed macaques moves in to harvest and feed on coconuts.
Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Chek Jawa Visitor Centre
The Chek Jawa Visitor Centre was built in the 1930s by chief surveyor Langdon Williams as a holiday retreat and designated a Conservation Building in 2003. Restoration work was completed in 2006.
A short path from the house leads to a jetty that extends over seagrass beds. Large shoals of tiny fish can occasionally be seen (and heard) bursting out of the water to escape predators.
Kingfisher
Jellyfish
The last images before leaving the island:
Useful sites:
Butterflies of Singapore and Peninsula Malaysia
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More photos on the Flickr page.
Date: 13 December 2009
Camera: Pentax K100D Super
Lens 1: Pentax DA 50-200mm f/4-5.6 ED
Lens 2: Pentax DA 16-45mm F4.0 ED
Ambient light only.
Hand-held only.
Cropping and resizing in Irfanview.
Wow! Incredible pictures!