06/06/08 Recce at Pasir Ris

We went for a recce at Pasir Ris Park in the morning and went into the mangrove boardwalk. Deep into the mangrove forest, we saw streams that seemed to be artificial and purposefully deepened. I guess this is to preserve the mangrove forest for the general public.

We spotted a lot of blue-spotted mudskipper (Boleophthalmus boddarti) , as well as giant mudskippers (Periophthalmus schlosseri). The blue-spotted mudskipper is more commonly seen in and along the streams. Another keynote was that the burrows did not have the telling ridges at the entrance of the burrows at Sungei Buloh had. Hence, it was difficult to tell the burrows from the tide pools. The density in this park of mudskippers was much greater than those in Sungei Buloh. Being confined to such small areas, they do not seem to display as much territorial behaviour as well, as compared to those at Sungei Buloh.


Map of Boardwalk at Pasir Ris Park