Within the Pasir Ris Park, there is a small patch of mangrove at the river mouth of the Sungei Tampines. The substrate of this mangrove is kind of sandy, or sand mix with mud, which is a good habitats for a good variety of crabs such as fiddler crabs, soldier crabs, ghost crabs, sand bubbler crabs, etc..
(Sand Bubble Crabs by Hazel Han)
These crabs normally live inside burrows that they created or just hide under the sand when the tide is up, and come out to look for food, (algae deposited on the sand surface, organic detritus, or dead organisms, etc) looking for mates and other activities when the tide is down and the sandy beach is exposed. The weather condition and tide level is just fine and we did enjoy the observation and shooting. Most of us adopt the wait and shoot approach, i.e. waiting for the crabs to come out of the burrow, then shoot them in distance. Yan Leong, with his two friends, together with Peter Low, all laying down on the sand/mud beach to get a good low angle shots dispite the wet mud... The exciting part of the trip is actually for many of us to see a lot of interesting behaviour that we never have experience before. A good behaviour is how the tiny sand bubble crab creats so many sand bubbles.
(Mudskipper by Cai Yixiong)
When the tide slowly moved up, quite a number of mudskippers also came close to us, and some of us get a good chance to shoot them in a close distance. After the beach shot, some of us went back along the mangrove boardwalk, and got to shoot some colourful bugs and lichen...
(Lichen Pattern By Darren Chng)
Participants (16) : Cai Yixiong (Trip Leader), Ng Hwei Min, Catherine Wong, Vivien Wee, Lewis Eng, Darren Chng, Peter Low, Joe Tan, Yeo Tang Lim, Stephen Lim, Lim Chuan Kwee, Hazel Han, Ong Ngee Ming, Lee Yan leong (with two friends).
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