Where and what in the world is Mandai Mangroves and Mudflats?

Located in between Woodlands Road and the Straits of Johor, it sits adjacent to the Malaysian owned railway that transverses through Singapore, and has two rivers (and streamlets and tributaries) cutting through it.

According to the Asean Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation (ARCBC), the area is approximately 10 hectares in total. Sungei Mandai Besar and Sungei Mandai Kechil are two rivers that run through the mangrove area, leading out to the mudflats and finally ending in the straits.

Here in this zoomed in photograph, you can see the two rivers and major streamlets, the mudflat area, the straight-as-a-needle railway track and the built-up areas around Mandai Mangroves and Mudflats (MMM).

We'll be heading there on Monday!

So just an update, Backyard Biology has sent a few people, and some other non-biology concentration students are coming too - but take note, these people are so into biology you wouldn't be able to tell!

Anne, Holly, Evelyn, Yea Tian, Grace, Wincent, Kim, Daniel and I are heading there with Siva, and we're going to get thrown into the deep end - and navigate our way out ourselves too! (: Good stuff.

Do take note though, don't head there yourself or bring an entire battalion of friends, always bear in mind the impact an outing might have on a particular nature site, and please be good to the environment. Don't even be friendly - be GOOD.

Here's a quote we got from Siva's video clip today:

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children. - John James Audubon

More updates after our trip on Monday. (: