Lower Peirce 2012

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Originally known as the Kallang River Reservoir, Singapore's second reservoir was impounded across the lower reaches of the Kallang River in 1910. In 1922, it was renamed Peirce Reservoir in commendation of the services of Robert Peirce, who was the municipal engineer of Singapore from 1901 to 1916.
 
In 1975, a major water supply project to develop new water resources was undertaken to support Singapore's rapid housing and industrialisation programmes. A dam was constructed at the upper reaches of the Peirce Reservoir, forming the Upper and Lower Peirce Reservoirs, and was officially opened by then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on 27 February 1977.
 
It is 6 hectares in size and contains many trees that are over 100 years old. There is a Lower Peirce Trail, which is a 900-metre boardwalk that takes visitors through a mature secondary forest. The reservoir is the source of the Kallang River, the longest river in Singapore.
  
Lower Pierce Reservoir Park has long been my favourite nature spot, having spotted a flying lemur, a two-tailed skink, and many different interesting spiders, centipedes and fauna here over the years.
   
March 2012
Conditions : Damp
Cloud Cover : Overcast
Time : Mid-Late Morning
A well-hidden lizard was sprawled on a tree trunk near the entrance. 
Had thought it was a draco, but it had no tell-tale flaps. Tail looks new though...
  
  The Common Flashwing, a forest damsel, was near the entrance too, steps away from the lizard. 
Note how the wings appear to glow with the use of the flash...
 
 
 Spotted a variety of beetles today, including a "leopard print" one!
  
 
Could not identify some of these creatures I saw - an insect with waving horns and a caterpillar nested in a tree trunk...
  
Saw a mealy bug with its ant buddies, some termites still out near mid-day, an orb-webber near the forest floor and one of those notorious centipedes, once again near the railings. When I told one of the passers-by about the centipede, she firmly told her children not to "hold the railings any more"!

 
 Most amazing find today was a Daddy-Long-Legs with a width wider than my outstretched palm! See the spike on its back? When a droplet of water collected on its body, it lowered its incredibly long legs to land the water on the tree trunk!
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