Other shore surveys in Jun 2026

Rui Quan Oh covered the most ground in the month, checking up on Admiralty, Sungei Buloh, Pasir Ris, Marina East and together with Zen Xuan He, Pulau Ubin. They see all the amazing wildlife that regular shore survey team miss. From owls to mousedeer, snakes and skinks, frogs and weird and beautiful insects. And extortionate cats attempting to intimidate snacks out of innocent passersby.

The rest of the team cover Changi and East Coast PCN. 

Marcus, Richard and Tammy made separate trips to Changi. The shore seems to still be very much alive! On Ball flowery soft corals, they saw the Ghost brittle star and White snapping shrimps that live only in the soft coral. They also saw the Big-head seagrass octopus, some sheltering with their eggs. The stronghold of the Tiger anemone, good to know it's still on the shore. There were also sea fans and lots of nudibranchs, sea hares and slugs of all kinds.

Good to know that they saw a variety of sea stars at Changi! Many young ones too, which suggests the shores are a good nursery for baby sea stars. Seems they didn't see any Knobblies, maybe next time?

Recently, I sensed that we have been seeing much fewer Noble volutes that in the past. So we are now going to document every live Noble volute that we see. Marcus, Richard and Tammy saw some on Changi, from small ones to large ones. This large beautiful snail is restricted to our part of the world, in particular, Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia. We have a duty to protect them. Hopefully, our sightings will help encourage further study into whether the populations on our shores are okay.

Richard Kuah is the only team member who regularly and faithfully checks up on Punggol shores, which remains alive! This narrow strip of rocky shore still has healthy Spoon seagrass, while the boulders nearby are still coated with colourful sponges and other encrusting animals. Which are eaten by nudibranchs. He even saw a small octopus!

Jayden Kang checked out the seagrass meadows and coral reef that have settled naturally on the artificial shore in front of the East Coast PCN. A wide variety of seagrass are still there, and seem healthy. The corals also seem to have recovered from the impact of the 2024 Pasir Panjang oil spill and mass coral bleaching. The large patch of Branching montipora looks pristine! They saw a seahorse! And some other reef life too.

Photos by the team

Richard Kuah checked up on Punggol on 4 Jun


Rui Quan Oh checked out Marina East on 6 Jun


Rui Quan Oh and Zen Xuan He visited Pulau Ubin on 13-14 Jun 2026

Zen Xuan He


Rui Quan Oh



Richard Kuah checked out Changi on 15 Jun 2026


Marcus Ng checked up on Changi Point on 16 Jun


Tammy Lim visited Changi on 19 Jun 2026


Jayden Kang checked out the corals at East Coast PCN on 19 Jun


Rui Quan Oh checked out Admiralty Park on 23 Jun


Rui Quan Oh checked out Sungei Buloh on 27 Jun


Rui Quan Oh checked out Pasir Ris on 29 Jun