Taking the less trodden path... visiting the Woodcutter’s Trail on 16th July 2005
Posted on 7th August 2005.
This is one nature trail that never fails to amaze my participants... from the pile of abandoned clay pottery at the start of the trail, to the first stream with such clear running water that invites all to have a splash, to the bed of green and red pitcher plants halfway through the trail, to the last stream with such a variety of fishes that you cannot help but wonder if they were released there deliberately, and finally the encounter with boisterous, if somewhat tamed, macaques after coming out onto the road leading to Upper Pierce Reservoir.
The Woodcutter’s Trail offers plenty of flora and fauna for nature lovers though it must be said that the birds and other creatures are rather hard to spot, and even harder to capture on my tiny digital camera with a magnification of just 3X. On that fateful Saturday of 16th July, I chanced upon either the Common Flying Dragon or the Black-bearded Flying Lizard as it glided and held onto the bark of a tree. From the colour alone, I believe that it is the former. But before I could snap it, it scurried up the tree and out of view. Sigh. Perhaps I will get a shot the next time.
If a picture tells a thousand words, then a video could just do the trick to get Singaporeans excited about this little green emerald of nature reserve located right in the centre of this tiny island. The videos have been compressed and are encoded such that you will require at least Windows Media Player 9 and above to view them. I hope that you will enjoy the pictures and videos but they are no substitute for visiting the trail yourself!
Allen Tan
Team Spreo
(Note: Click on the video links to save the files. Clicking on the thumbnails will open a window that displays a larger version of the photographs.)
Some pictures taken on the day itself
Some pictures taken on 24th June 2005
