Changi Creek one month after oil spill, with otter!

One month after the 300-tonne oil spill in the East Johor Strait, signs of the oil spill remains at Changi Creek near the Changi Point Ferry Terminal.

There is some improvement compared to our last oil spill impact survey in Jan 2017, about two weeks after the oil spill. Although the band of oil stain is still clearly visible, I couldn't smell the oil from above the seawall. And we saw an otter!

The boom across the small drain is still there. And a closer look at the oil stains on the walls.

The abandoned boom towards Changi Creek mangroves is still there.

There are a few mangrove trees growing here and the oil stains on them are still there. Surprisingly, the saplings nearby are still there and looking alright.

From the Changi Creek footbridge, I didn't see any sheen on the water.

There were people cast netting in the Creek as usual.

Debby noticed the heron near the fisherman. Patiently waiting for discarded fish?

As we began the survey, one otter popped up in the middle of the Creek and hunted along the length. Nick said he saw many otters in the Creek about an hour later.

There are lovely mangroves upstream of Changi Creek and this is probably where the otters also hunt and live. We check those mangroves too.

Today, Debby Ng of the Hantu Bloggers and I surveyed these Changi shores for oil spill impact

• Changi Creek mangroves
• Changi Beach at Carpark 2 and 3
• Changi seagrass meadows near Changi Point Ferry Terminal

See also Debby's post on the Hantu Blog.

Posts about the Jan 2017 Johor Strait oil spill

• Round Ubin survey for oil spill impact and long-term monitoring
• Changi Creek and Sungei Ubin after the oil spill
• Oil spill at East Johor Strait: YOUR sightings part 2
• Changi Creek
• Changi Creek mangroves
• Changi Beach at Carpark 1 and 2
• Changi seagrass meadows near Changi Point Ferry Terminal
• How are Pasir Ris mangroves and seagrass meadows after the oil spill?
• Are we helping or harming when we 'clean' oiled mangroves?
• Oil spill at East Johor Strait: YOUR sightings
• Key happenings: Oil spill at East Johor Strait, Jan 2017
• Survey of oil spill spill impact on Ubin and mainland Singapore, 5 Jan 2017
• Oil spill near Pulau Ubin, 4 Jan 2017