Receding tide in the afternoon is perfect for coastal exploration today. I was at the shore near the underwaterworld facing harbourfront. A big stretch of sand is exposed as the tide reaches its lowest. The 'Leng' setup by some fisherman are also exposed and left on the sand awaiting for the fisherman to collect the nets.
I stick close to the rocks, observing for interesting stuff. Here's what I managed to see today:
Anemone in a tide pool
A tiny hermit crab scurrying away from me
A cute orange colour crab
Some sort of mollusc
A mangrove snapping prawn
Swimming Crab hiding in the sand
Did some rock flipping to look for some worms. Had to be careful because some worms can inflict some painful stings. Found several types of worms under the rocks but were unable to id most of them.
A pair of big fire worms, they have bristles that can cause stinging pain
An unknown worm
Another one
Not sure if this one is a worm or not
It's quite an interesting trip for me, I will be visiting the place again another day to find more worms!
Low Tide Rock flipping at Sentosa
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Thanks domvonn, can you give me a reference link to the worm, I wasn't able to find one. I did some rock flipping too in the past but never saw a moray before, got to keep on flipping One thing I learnt the hard way was never to reach your hand into the pool immediately after you flip a rock. Wait for the sediments to settle to scan for anything dangerous. The fireworm taught me just that.
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More 'beachcombing' at Sentosa. Lots of interesting stuff to see besides the many worms I dug up.
A crab I haven't seen before
This one looks like a female fiddler crab
A bunch of male fiddlers I manage to catch with my quick draw of my spade vs their speedy scuttling.
The common snapping prawn and a goby
An interesting find when I flip over a large rock; a pair of pipefish, not exactly sure of the species though
and now for the worms...
This one has a series of bands near its head
This one is yellow and thin, I found it wrapped with the worm above in a tide pool.
another unknown worm
and lastly, peanut worms!
A crab I haven't seen before
This one looks like a female fiddler crab
A bunch of male fiddlers I manage to catch with my quick draw of my spade vs their speedy scuttling.
The common snapping prawn and a goby
An interesting find when I flip over a large rock; a pair of pipefish, not exactly sure of the species though
and now for the worms...
This one has a series of bands near its head
This one is yellow and thin, I found it wrapped with the worm above in a tide pool.
another unknown worm
and lastly, peanut worms!
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