Listen to the delightful songs and calls of commonly-sighted birds in Singapore as Movin Nyanasengeran (Bird Society of Singapore) and Dillen Ng (National Biodiversity Centre at NParks) take us through the complexities of birdsong and calls, recount their own birding adventures, and give us a bird’s eye view of our bird conservation efforts here in Singapore.

Come take a gander – their lively conversation will have you en-raptor-ed for sure.

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Participate in NParks’⁠ citizen science programmes:

Learn more about local birds on the Singapore Birds Database, established as part of the Bird Society of Singapore

Credits for bird calls/song recordings from Xeno-Canto: Ding Li Yong, Okamoto Keita Sin, Joshua Chong, Kim Chuah Lim, Peter Boesman, Lars Buckx, Marcel Finlay

In this episode of That's Wild, we dive deep into the underwater world and talk about the surprising ‘re-discovery’ of the Neptune’s Cup sponge after its last sighting in Singapore waters in the 1870s.

Hear more from Karenne Tun, Director of National Biodiversity Centre at NParks, who was on the very dive where the sponge was first sighted again; and from Sam Shu Qin, co-founder of Our Singapore Reefs, who now leads regular community dive surveys of the Neptune’s Cup sponge population in our waters.

Karenne and Sam also speak about marine conservation in Singapore, the importance of citizen science, and share a fact or two about fascinating underwater critters.

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Participate in NParks’⁠ Intertidal Watch to document and monitor the intertidal biodiversity in Singapore

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What’s the scariest animal that Choon Beng has ever seen? The answer isn’t what you think it is.

Join reptile and amphibian enthusiasts Law Ing Sind and Law Ingg Thong (aka the Law Brothers) and NParks’ Group Director of Wildlife Management How Choon Beng, as they share about how human-wildlife encounters are managed in Singapore, and what it means to co-exist with our wild companions in our City in Nature.

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Check out the NParks Wildlife Booklet, a guidebook which covers several wildlife species commonly encountered in Singapore and the dos and don’ts when you encounter them.

Interested to find out more about the human-wildlife encounters in Singapore? Tune in to our series of public webinars hosted by NParks here.

Note: All biodiversity surveys were conducted with the appropriate research permits. The public is reminded that to stay on designated trails, as well as take note of the opening and closing times of our nature reserves and nature parks.

Is there wilderness in Singapore?

Xiaoyun unpacks this question with NParks’ Group Director of Conservation Lim Liang Jim, exploring how our perceptions of the ‘wilderness’ come to be, and how, through our Nature Conservation Masterplan, we have set out to rewild and conserve the diverse pockets of green nestled within Singapore’s lush cityscape.

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