Kranji Marshes

Kranji Marshes - A place for bird watching - Hiking in Singapore

[Living Like Lionel: Season 10, Episode 3]
Doing a little hike at Kranji Marshes.
A small little place to hike in Singapore and do some bird watching.
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Kranji Marshes in Minutes

How to get about Kranji Marshes

Planning a visit to the newly opened Kranji Marshes, a freshwater marshland that is home to unique biodiversity? Do check this video out on how to get there!

Let’s talk about the birds – restoring Kranji Marshes (Highlights)

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Think you have seen all of Singapore? Welcome to Kranji Marshes, a newly restored rich habitat located south of the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. URA and other experts talk about how it took them four years to enhance this stunning natural asset and the dedication by many experts who collaborated to creating habitats for the birds. This 57-hectare freshwater marshland is the largest to be conserved and is now home to more than 170 species of birds, 54 species of butterflies and 33 species of dragonflies, including the nationally threatened species Purple Swamphen. Guided tours are available by the National Parks Board and Nature Society from end February 2016.

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Let’s talk about the birds – restoring Kranji Marshes!

Think you have seen all of Singapore? Welcome to Kranji Marshes, a newly restored rich habitat located south of the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. URA and other experts talk about how it took them four years to enhance this stunning natural asset and the dedication by many experts who collaborated to creating habitats for the birds. This 57-hectare freshwater marshland is the largest to be conserved and is now home to more than 170 species of birds, 54 species of butterflies and 33 species of dragonflies, including the nationally threatened species Purple Swamphen. Guided tours are available by the National Parks Board and Nature Society from end February 2016.

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Kranji Marshes 06 Oct 2018

Visit Picture Perfect Kranji Marshes

Kranji Marshes Walk-through

Get a glimpse of key areas in the Kranji Marshes in this walkthrough of the newly-opened haven for birdwatchers.

Kranji Marshes - Singapore 1

Getting to the Kranji Marshes and a short introduction to the Park.

Purple Swamphen @ Kranji Marshes-Singapore

The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), also known as the Pūkeko, African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule or Purple Coot, is a large bird in the family Rallidae (rails). From its name in French, talève sultane, it is also known as the Sultana Bird. This chicken-sized bird, with its huge feet, bright plumage and red bill and frontal shield is easily-recognisable in its native range. It should not be confused with the American Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica.

【Nature walk】2018.1208 SBWR & Kranji marshes

SBWR – again many thanks to Yeo Swee Cheong, 2nd time with him on the walk, great teacher : P
| Little Egret, Intermediate Egret, Great Egret | Milky stork | Brahminy kite | Changeable hawk-eagle | Ashy tailorbird | Kingfisher| Oriental piped hornbill | Grey heron | whimbrel |
| Epiphytic Cymbidium orchids | Bakau (rhizophora) mangrove | Lenggadai bruguiera parviflora mangrove | Sea poison or Fish poison tree (Putat laut) | Sea hibiscus | Screw pine |
| Mangrove Shore pit viper | Mullet | Halfbeak | Archer Fish | Malayan monitor lizard | weaver ants nest | Lesser dog-faced fruit bat | Long tail macaques | plantain squirrels |

Kranji marshes – bumped into Chee Keong again. Didn’t registered for this “evening chorus” but was held back by the monsoon rain. He was kind enough to allow me in to follow with his walk : )
| Straw-headed bulbul | White-rumped shama | Pink-necked green pigeon | Starlings | Parakeet | Purple heron | Red-wattled lapwing | Lesser whistling-duck | Bar tail godwit | Parakeet
| Pinwheel jasmine | Syzygium myrtifolium | Cat-tail typha | Bamboo Orchid |

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Kranji Marshes - Singapore 2

Gehan talks about the Kranji Reservoir and the wildlife found in that area.

【Nature walk】2018.0210 SBWR & Kranji Marshes

Especially thanks to Mr Yeo Swee Cheong, for the very informative and fruitful morning. YDY has also been a great help : ) Michelle, Marlene, and few others whom i have not known your names and in case you are watching this - good to have met your guys/gals, was fun o^_^o

The trip has heightened my appreciation for the flora and fauna which mother nature has developed, along with subtle eco-system settlement which Npark and URA have nurtured in our country for these many years.

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Guide to Kranji Marshes

In this video, I explored Kranji Marshes with my mum and my brother. It was such a good day because there was literally no one else there. So I can film and take photos shamelessly haha.
Tip: Go there on a weekday if you can!

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Kranji Marshes - Singapore 3

Gehan talks about the Kranji Reservoir and the wildlife found in that area.

Wild Purple Swamhen of Kranji Marshes-Singapore

The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), also known as the Pūkeko, African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule or Purple Coot, is a large bird in the family Rallidae (rails). From its name in French, talève sultane, it is also known as the Sultana Bird. This chicken-sized bird, with its huge feet, bright plumage and red bill and frontal shield is easily-recognisable in its native range. It should not be confused with the American Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica.The Purple Swamphens are generally seasonal breeders, but the season varies across their large range, correlating with peak rainfall in many places, or summer in more temperate climes.[5] The Purple Swamphen breeds in warm reed beds. The male has an elaborate courtship display, holding water weeds in his bill and bowing to the female with loud chuckles.[6] In the western parts of the range the pattern of social behaviour tends to be monogamy, but cooperative breeding groups are more common in the eastern parts of the range. These groups may consist of multiple females and males sharing a nest or a male female pair with helpers drawn from previous clutches.[5]
Pairs nest in a large pad of interwoven reed flags, etc., on a mass of floating debris or amongst matted reeds slightly above water level in swamps, clumps of rushes in paddocks or long unkempt grass. Multiple females may lay in the one nest and share the incubation duties. Each bird can lay 3--6 speckled eggs, pale yellowish stone to reddish buff, blotched and spotted with reddish brown. A communal nest may contain up to 12 eggs. The incubation period is 23--27 days, and is performed by both sexes as well as any helpers that might be present. The precocious chicks are feathered with downy black feathers and able to leave the nest soon after hatching, but will often remain in the nest for a few days. Young chicks are fed by their parents (and group members) for between 10--14 days, after which they begin to feed themselves.[5]
[edit]Diet and feeding


Feeding in community near Hodal, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
The Purple Swamphen prefers wet areas with high rainfall, swamps, lake edges and damp pastures. The birds often live in pairs and larger communities. It clambers through the reeds, eating the tender shoots and vegetable-like matter. They have been known to eat eggs, ducklings, small fish and invertebrates such as snails. They have even been known to attack large eels, however there is no consensus amongst ornithologists if they actually eat eel. They will often use one foot to bring food to their mouth rather than eat it on the ground. Where they are not persecuted they can become tame and be readily seen in towns and cities.

3 Wild Purple Swamphen @ Kranji Marshes-Singapore

The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), also known as the Pūkeko, African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule or Purple Coot, is a large bird in the family Rallidae (rails). From its name in French, talève sultane, it is also known as the Sultana Bird. This chicken-sized bird, with its huge feet, bright plumage and red bill and frontal shield is easily-recognisable in its native range. It should not be confused with the American Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica.Ecology



Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus; in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
The species is highly dispersive. Purple Swamphens are considered to be the ancestors of several island species including the extinct Lord Howe Swamphen and two species of Takahē in New Zealand.[2][3] On islands where closely related species have become extinct or declined due to human interference, such as New Zealand or New Caledonia, this species has established itself relatively recently.[4]
[edit]Behaviour

The species makes loud, quick, bleating and hooting calls, which are hardly bird-like in tone. It is particularly noisy during the breeding season. Despite being clumsy in flight it can fly long distances, and it is a good swimmer, especially for a bird without webbed feet.
[edit]Breeding


Purple swamphen (P. p. melanotus) nesting.


Feeding chicks


Parent with a chick in New South Wales, Australia


Parent and juveniles in New Zealand
The Purple Swamphens are generally seasonal breeders, but the season varies across their large range, correlating with peak rainfall in many places, or summer in more temperate climes.[5] The Purple Swamphen breeds in warm reed beds. The male has an elaborate courtship display, holding water weeds in his bill and bowing to the female with loud chuckles.[6] In the western parts of the range the pattern of social behaviour tends to be monogamy, but cooperative breeding groups are more common in the eastern parts of the range. These groups may consist of multiple females and males sharing a nest or a male female pair with helpers drawn from previous clutches.[5]
Pairs nest in a large pad of interwoven reed flags, etc., on a mass of floating debris or amongst matted reeds slightly above water level in swamps, clumps of rushes in paddocks or long unkempt grass. Multiple females may lay in the one nest and share the incubation duties. Each bird can lay 3--6 speckled eggs, pale yellowish stone to reddish buff, blotched and spotted with reddish brown. A communal nest may contain up to 12 eggs. The incubation period is 23--27 days, and is performed by both sexes as well as any helpers that might be present. The precocious chicks are feathered with downy black feathers and able to leave the nest soon after hatching, but will often remain in the nest for a few days. Young chicks are fed by their parents (and group members) for between 10--14 days, after which they begin to feed themselves.[5]
[edit]Diet and feeding


Feeding in community near Hodal, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
The Purple Swamphen prefers wet areas with high rainfall, swamps, lake edges and damp pastures. The birds often live in pairs and larger communities. It clambers through the reeds, eating the tender shoots and vegetable-like matter. They have been known to eat eggs, ducklings, small fish and invertebrates such as snails. They have even been known to attack large eels, however there is no consensus amongst ornithologists if they actually eat eel. They will often use one foot to bring food to their mouth rather than eat it on the ground. Where they are not persecuted they can become tame and be readily seen in towns and cities.

Kranji Marshes - Singapore 4

The end of the Kranji Reservoir trail and other sites in the park.

Kranji Marshes - Singapore

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Singapore's last remaining country road
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