MacRitchie Reservoir
Central, Singapore
January 2015
Central, Singapore
January 2015
Merlion Wayfarer went to MacRitchie Reservoir recently. And it felt like a step into the forest wonderland of Jiuzhaigou Fairyland.
From afar, you can see the copper of the water
gradually darkening into a Persian Green and the deep of Prussian Blue...
gradually darkening into a Persian Green and the deep of Prussian Blue...
A close-up at the reservoir banks...
In some parts, it was a milky green...
During this same visit, it was also troubling to see teenagers fishing at the reservoir edge, and on the boardwalks.
The white threads of abandoned fishing lines can be seen entangled in the moss and hydrilla...
A single red-eared terrapin there, balancing on a pile of leaves, unmoving..
It's only when its head is tilted that you see a fishing line with the hook in its mouth...
Merlion Wayfarer hopes illegal and inconsiderate fishing acts like these can be stopped to prevent even more damage and hurt to the wildlife in our nature reserves.
A column of white moths on a leaf with a powdery surface. It looks like they were caught in a web. Until you see a few of them flying off, leaving a green patch where they previously were...
Apparently, a symbiotic relationship exists between the moths and the ants...
A bronze coloured ant wanders about, foraging for food...
A plethora of orb-weavers abound...
St Andrew's Cross...
A Tetragnathidae (Long-Jawed Orb Weaver)...
Some other discoveries including a caterpillar, an open termite tunnel,
a feeding grasshopper and a fly with inverted legs....
a feeding grasshopper and a fly with inverted legs....
The rays of the setting sun on a cloudy sky...
