15 Feb (Sat): Valentine’s Day Coastal Clean-up at Kranji Mudflats with NSS

Show your love for Mother Nature this Valentine’s Day! Join the Nature Society (Singapore) to clean up Kranji Mudflats to benefit the wildlife that thrives there. Designated as a Key Biodiversity Area, this coastline is a key habitat for horseshoe crabs and an important feeding site for wading birds.

Date: 15 Feb (Sat)
Time: 8am - 11am
Location: Kranji Mudflats

Registration closes 8 Feb.

More details and registration on the NSS website.

15 Jul (Sun): Make a difference for our horseshoe crabs

Volunteer with the  Horseshoe Crab Rescue and Research programme by the Nature Society (Singapore). Families are welcomed!

Photo by Liz Lim.

More about Singapore's horseshoe crabs and efforts to save them.

Celebrate Earth Day on Singapore shores!

Next week is Earth Day with the theme "End Plastic Pollution". The Earth Day website has more info on how you can end plastic pollution as an individual, organisation and educator.

This Earth Day weekend, there's lots happening on Singapore shores! Clean up plastics from a shore at Lim Chu Kang, watch a free movie about marine plastics at the Botanic Gardens, rescue horseshoe crabs at Kranji, get muddy at Sungei Buloh, join shore walks at Chek Jawa and the Sisters Islands Marine Park, explore the heritage of Pulau Ubin or kayak to St John's Island.

Singapore is Shorebird Central

While Changi Airport is well known as an international travel hub, Singapore has long been an important stopover for shorebirds that travel thousands of kilometers every year.

A flock of Whimbrels, check out their long bills!

What are these birds and where can we see them? See end of this post for upcoming FREE activities for kids and the family!

Mudflats of Singapore: Kopi Tiam of the Sea

Mudflats teem with delicious burrowing life. Noodly worms. Crunchy clams. Yummy little crab snacks.

You can visit a mudflat AND make a difference by joining the 28 Jan (Sun) session of the Horseshoe Crab Research and Rescue effort by the Marine Conservation Group, Nature Society (Singapore). Help release horseshoe crabs trapped in nets and learn more about our mudflats and mangroves. More details and registration by Nature Society (Singapore).