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On 20th May 2016, Tan Teo Seng brought me a large bunch of Thousand Fingers Banana, also known as Pisang Seribu (Musa acuminata x balbisiana cv. ‘Pisang Seribu‘. A well-grown […]
The Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica) with its massive hard shell is an invasive species. Movements is from the powerful foot muscles that release a slippery mucous. This mucous aid […]
![Mallard [SamsonTan] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Mallard-SamsonTan-1-q8dfvnnzar10qy4ypgy5cbxj05jt9lkrezv8xe08kw.jpg "Mallard [SamsonTan] 1")
“I was in Amsterdam attending an exhibition. Took some time to side track visiting a garden near the hotel I stayed. “Mallard (Anas platyrhyncos) is very common in this part […]
![YVB-feeding [LilianSng]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/YVB-feeding-LilianSng-1-q8dgqt1fs3o3hqw3tfo2gyyfou0pci8jd65ightkds.jpg "YVB-feeding [LilianSng]")
Birdwatchers and bird photographers generally ignore the common Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier). However there is much to learn of this species. The images (above, below) show an adult flying to […]
![WoodOwlSp-rot wood [JLeow]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/WoodOwlSp-rot-wood-JLeow-q8dgnnayt5cegxhb9ki7l9nnt7lah4p0lj7re0i7ao.jpg "WoodOwlSp-rot wood [JLeow]")
An adult and a juvenile Spotted Wood-owl (Strix seloputo) were perching together on a branch of a tree. The adult was breaking off small pieces of the dead wood (above) […]
![PipitPdf-f [AmarSingh] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PipitPdf-f-AmarSingh-1-q8df3587znzwkrjx759jpiy6be2zs4dvhvh0v8a5bk.jpg "PipitPdf-f [AmarSingh] 1")
“While out observing insects I also spotted a pair of Paddyfield Pipits (Anthus rufulus malayensis) building a nest. They were using the recently trimmed, overgrown garden of an old run […]
![CuckooPl [SunnyLiew]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/CuckooPl-SunnyLiew-1-q8dgnjjm1t796hmrvivpbaltfo3tmca390ltgwnrzk.jpg "CuckooPl [SunnyLiew]")
Sunny Lwee’s video clip shows a male Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) making its mournful territorial call of “phi phi phi phi phi-pipipiˆ (Robson, 2008). Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) is an […]
![CommonCivitCat [JLoei]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/CommonCivitCat-JLoei-q8dg1ap4ayqyepy1rwpkawp3bdr3g7ys6ws4l5n78w.jpg "CommonCivitCat [JLoei]")
The Common Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) is a nocturnal animal (above). The adults are usually alone except when the sexes come together to mate and have their litter of 1 […]
The nesting of the Buffy Fish-owl (Ketupa ketupu) at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve during March-April 2016 coincided with one of Singapore’s hottest period. The chick fledged in the latter […]
![OwlB [JLoei]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/OwlB-JLoei-q8dfay9yr4on067om0qzx20zxllqpmdm8ij7cypfn4.jpg "OwlB [JLoei]")
Have you ever seen an owl in its natural environment? I bet many have not. Yet many have heard of owls. I did, even when I was a small boy. […]
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