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Encounters in the dark to track feathered visitors from afar
Researchers have only a short window to trap them in nets to tag them and track their routes
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As darkness crept over the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve one September evening, a group of people sprang into action.
Hoisting giant mist nets about 5m in height, 15 people went off the boardwalk and trudged into the mud, wearing headlamps to light their way against the resident crocodiles lurking in the dark.
