animal snippets @ chek jawa - Jun2013

here is a selection of snippets from a visit to Chek Jawa...

the clip includes:

white-collared kingfisher

olive-winged bulbul

carpenter bee

goby

haddon's carpet anemone

grey heron (with fish)

white bellied sea eagle

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the pulai tree @ chek jawa - Oct2011

This is reputed to be the tallest tree on Ubin and it is a Heritage Tree.

It was about 35m tall and had a girth of 6.4m in 2010.

(pictures taken in Oct 2011 from a vantage point at Pulau Sekudu)

(click on images for bigger picture)

The calls of the white-bellied sea eagles can often be heard coming from high up this tree. There is probably a nest somewhere on the tree but the tree is so tall that the nest, if any, is difficult to spot through all the foliage from the base of the tree.

This is what the NParks Guide to the Pulau Ubin Tree Trail has to say about this tree : 

Common Pulai (Alstonia angustiloba)

The Common Pulai is a very tall tree (up to 40m tall) 

found in this region. It is easily recognisable from 

its pagoda-shaped branching pattern and simple 

leaves that are arranged in whorls. This tree belongs 

to the family of Apocynaceae, which are identified 

by the presence of white latex in the stems.  

This Heritage Tree (35m height, 6.4m girth) is hard 

to miss as you walk along the trail. It stands out 

among the canopy and can be seen from 

a distance

There is a mention of this tree at this WildSingapore page on Pulau Ubin:

http://www.wildsingapore.com/ubin/places/north.htm

And also at Joe Lai's eart-h website :

http://www.eart-h.com/text/alstan1.htm

Read more about this tree and also about Ubin's other majestic trees here :

http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2010/04/trees-of-pulau-ubin-talk-by-ali-ibrahim.html