Every trip is different... indeed! This is how I will describe my experience of visiting Pulau Semakau - an offshore island situated at the southern part of Singapore. It is also one and only landfill in Singapore.
It was heavy rain when we arrived at the island but soon clear up and give us a perfect cooling afternoon to explore the shore that is very rich in marine animals.
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| Semakau is full with all kinds of seaweed such as this Coin seaweed. |
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| Beautiful flatworm |
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| Hairy crab that is so well camouflage |
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| Zoanthids that with very nice pink! They are colonial anemones. |
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| Semakau is one of the only area left in Singapore that we can find this huge Knobly sea star |
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| There are so many of them on the island! |
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| Jelly like egg capsule |
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| Another very beautiful sea anemone |
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| The corals with their polyps out underwater and I'm not even diving! |
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| Giant clam...again, animals that usually can only be seen while diving! |
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| Another beautiful flatworm swimming in the water. |
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| Bohol nudibranch (Discodoris boholensis) |
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| Red swimming crab putting up a defensive stance |
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| We saw a total of 3 giant clams today. |
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| Polka dot nudibranch (Jorunna funebris) on their favourite food, blue sponge. |
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| Today is a very fruitful day, we saw another very colourful rock boring giant clam!! |
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| Another not so common Heart cockle. |
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| Volute that still busy laying egg. |
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| A very well camouflage Sea horse!! |
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| A very common sea star on the island. |
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| A baby Coastal Horseshoe crab - they look similar to Mangrove horseshoe crab but with a triangular tail instead of round. |
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| Bristle worm coming out from their burrow. |
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| Although this trip is not a birding trip, you just can't ignore them - a Brahminy kite |
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| A rare Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana) was feeding on this very rich shore |
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