Celebrating Singapore's biodiversity

About 4,900 citizen scientists helped to collect data on birds and other wildlife for National Parks Board's free e-book, A Review Of Garden Bird Watch

Birds often seen in Singapore include the Spotted Wood Owl adult (above) with a juvenile; Purple Heron and Crimson Sunbird. PHOTOS: NATIONAL PARKS BOARD
Birds often seen in Singapore include the Spotted Wood Owl adult with a juvenile; Purple Heron (above) and Crimson Sunbird. PHOTOS: NATIONAL PARKS BOARD
Birds often seen in Singapore include the Spotted Wood Owl adult with a juvenile; Purple Heron and Crimson Sunbird (above). PHOTOS: NATIONAL PARKS BOARD
Mr Lim Poh Chuan PHOTO: COURTESY OF LIM POH CHUAN
Ms Ivie Sim PHOTO: LENDLEASE
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Mr Lim Poh Chuan was not content to be a citizen scientist just to study birds in the Garden Bird Watch programme organised by the National Parks Board (NParks).

The 55-year-old product compliance manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise says that after his initial avian stint in 2017, he also signed up for NParks' Heron Watch, Butterfly Watch and the latest Dragonfly Watch this year.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 26, 2020, with the headline Celebrating Singapore's biodiversity. Subscribe