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Birding Pulau Ubin-Singapore

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Pulau Ubin is a small island off the north-east coast of Singapore that is easily reached by a small boat from the Changi Point Ferry Terminal. It is illegal to feed wild animals, take animals, birds and insects and it is also illegal to release animals in Singapore. Grey Plover and Bar-tailed Godwit in breeding plumage.

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea 2nd edition – A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

They cover all species and distinctive subspecies, non-passerines in flight, males and females, immatures and non-breeding plumages. Rheindt is a field ornithologist, former guide and currently Associate Professor and Dean’s Chair at the National University of Singapore, with a research focus on avian phylogenetics and conservation genetics.

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A long way from nowhere

10,000 Birds

Our location meant that during the height of the pearling industry here the Pearling Masters sent their “whites&# to be laundered in Singapore by sea, as that was the fastest option! They will feed up there and then head north to Siberia to breed. We avoid wearing white nowadays, as the pindan red sand is not white friendly!

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