Temporary grasslands of Singapore - A photo gallery by Paul Huang

N. Sivasothi — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:39:29 GMT

I showed you just these few some examples of birds that colonised Punggol grasslands.

Well, now you can view the complete and breath-taking gallery of Paul Huang's "Temporary grasslands of Singapore" at naturestops.com

Farmers contribute to lapwing conservation

N. Sivasothi — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:32:31 GMT

In the late 90's, it was reported that the lapwing, a formerly common bird across most of the United Kingdom had suffered severe in numbers,

In a 1987 survey, the breeding population was estimated at 200-250,000 pairs. By 1998, surveys estimated the population to be 120-140,000 pairs - a drop of 49% in 11 years!

A contributing factor was change in farm practises and loss of habitat for this open country bird.

Since then, amongst the conservation measures taken is Operation Lapwing - which supports the conservation work of many farmers!

An annual competition identifies the best examples of lapwing-friendly management and in the 2007 event, there were 300 participants and more than 135 pairs of lapwings had been bred on the seven best farms!

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Temporary grasslands of Singapore - A photo gallery by Paul Huang

Farmers contribute to lapwing conservation