21/09 - Venus Drive (18 Jul 09)

We had a nice weather today. By 7.45 am, all came and we proceeded with our shooting. There were not many interesting subjects at both sides of the bushes near the entrance of Venus Drive. We went a little in and spent quite sometimes at the small stream. Mating dragonflies, dragonfly with prey and some colourful damselflies were spotted but most were quite sensitive to us. The popular Green Crested Lizard was also seen but it was quite high up in the branches to shoot. Other interesting subjects include baby spiders, molting hoppers, wasp and interesting leaf (see right picture protographyed by Peter Low). At 9.30 am, it was getting quite hot near the stream and so we proceeded further into the forest. Over here, subjects spotted include 2 different forest mating damselfies, butterflies, 2 different robberfly species (one with prey) tiger beetles (blue & green species), "mantis fly", etc.

We stopped at about 12 pm and went to the nearby hawker centre along Thomson Road for lunch.

(Mating forest damselflies by Anthony Quek)


(Robberfly with prey by Anthony Quek)

Participants (10) : Anthony Quek (Team Leader), Darren Chng, Stephen Lim, Ong Lim Sim, Hazel Han, Shereen Ng, Teo Ngee Chye, Peter Low, Joshua Fong & Goh Teck Leong.

20/09 - Wild Wild West (4 Jul 09)

WWW at end Corporation Road was still as wild as before but the environment was more comfortable for shooting this time round. The tracks or walkways were well maintained with no overgrown grass. The ground were also not muddy (because of dry weather) and not so many mosquitoes than expected. It was a little windy at times but we still managed to shoot. Many common subjects were found with quite a good number of butterfly species. We left around quarter past 11 and met a few birders (Wei Luen, Richard & Ming) for lunch at a nearby food centre.

(Baby Caterpillars by Allan Lee)

Participants (6) : Allan Lee (Team Leader), Endy Tan, Hazel Han Shereen Ng, Kyaw Htay & Lee Yan Leong