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July 14, 2021
Visitors to the Singapore Quarry on Sunday witnessed a rockslide where a portion of a cliff broke off and fell into the water.
Adrian Kuah
It was just another regular Sunday (July 11) afternoon hike for visitors to the Singapore Quarry last weekend - until they witnessed a rockslide where a portion of a cliff broke off and fell into the water below.
Dr Adrian Kuah, who was on an observation deck when the incident happened, took a photograph of the aftermath.
He later uploaded it to Facebook, describing the exposed portion of the cliff face as where the chunk sheared off, taking with it the trees and shrubs growing on it .
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Bird watcher Joyce Le Mesurier unexpectedly spotted the extinct bird on the offshore isle of Pulau Ubin according to local news.
According to the Singapore Birds Project, the green broadbill had populated Pulau Ubin years ago, but was hardly seen in Singapore since 1941. Other local bird watchers said that it was their first time to see such bird species in the island, describing the sighting as a lifter .
Ecological Behavior of Green Broadbill Bird
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UNSPECIFIED - JUNE 15: Green Broadbill (Calyptomena viridis), Eurylaimidae, drawing.
In a 2019 study of broadbills behavior in Malaysian Borneo, series of observations on these birds suggest that green broadbills, scientifically known as
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Forest restoration, wildlife conservation efforts have helped bring species back
The location of Pulau Ubin (foreground) between mainland Singapore and Malaysia (across the strait) means that the island can welcome wildlife from either side of the Causeway. ST FILE PHOTO
Species of birds that were once declared extinct in Singapore but have been sighted on Pulau Ubin in recent years include the green broadbill (above), black-and-red broadbill, barred eagle-owl, buff-rumped woodpecker and oriental pied hornbill.PHOTO: KEN TAN
Species of birds that were once declared extinct in Singapore but have been sighted on Pulau Ubin in recent years include the green broadbill, black-and-red broadbill (above), barred eagle-owl, buff-rumped woodpecker and oriental pied hornbill.PHOTO: JACKY SOH