The Wild Side

Ever wanted to share your discovery of something special or show off your photography skills?
Now here’s your chance! Simply pick up your smartphone or camera and start snapping photos of the wildlife you see in our school campus, be it that (harmless) pigeon or that (cute) squirrel or that (pretty little) flower.

Hashtag on Instagram with a short caption of your picture. Remember to unprivate your account so others can see your photos!
Your photo might be reposted on our instagram and page and it might even be featured in our video :)

Don’t forget to like our page and follow us on Instagram !

Love,
The Wild Side

Our frog jump game! :) Made of 100% old&reused materials :)

Festival of Biodiversity 2014 :)

Mr Kalai from the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) came down to our school to give an enriching talk to the Estate Staff and members of The Wild Side on common wildlife encounters in urban areas in Singapore, sharing with us inspirational wildlife rescue stories and the proper ways to help rescue our lovely resident RGS wildlife when they are in need :) Thank you so much ACRES!

Yesterday was World Snake Day! :) This is a beautiful adult Oriental Whip Snake and such snakes are really common in nature areas in Singapore such as MacRitchie :)

To commemorate World Snake Day, The Wild Side would like to encourage everyone to try and see snakes in a different light. They may appear creepy moving around without legs and they may appear sinister in movies like 'Snakes on a Plane', but in reality snake are actually really super shy and super sweet beings (I've experienced this first hand myself!), and they will never hurt a person unless provoked! People tend to assume automatically that snakes are dangerous and venemous, fear overruns reason and as a result, many harmless snakes have lost their lives just like that.

Please call Animal Concerns Research and Education Society's Wildlife Rescue at 97837782 the next time you see snakes in urban areas instead of harming the snake! :) let's try for awe and appreciation over fear and disgust :) -kel

Hello RGS! TWS has been invited to the Festival of Biodiversity~
http://www.nparks.gov.sg/festivalofbiodiversity/

If you do have the time, come down to Vivocity to learn more and show your support for wildlife~ There're many fun games to be played there too (including the one below) ;)

Hello RGS! HAPPY NATURE WEEK 2014!!:)

Do you know that there is a blossoming Fig tree just outside the squash court toilets?

Have you ever wondered what that beautiful yellow bird you see around school is called?

Well, here's your chance to find out more about the plants and animals in our school!:)

In line with the series of exciting activities coming up this week, the Nature Week OT will be organising RGS BIODIVERSITY WALKS!!

The RGS Biodiversity Walk will take you on a refreshing journey around the RGS school compound, to learn and discover more about the amazing biodiversity we have in our school. Student nature guides will lead you on a trail and share about the various flora and fauna in RGS, that can be found in the most unlikely of places. Every turn brings new surprises, come along with us to bask in nature's beauty right here in our school!

When will it be held?
23rd April, 3.30pm (After RS)
24th April, 7.20am (During CES)

Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/tD12xym-tZtv2kDWKTjbnSg/htmlview =0 by Wednesday! :) See you there :)

In lieu of Asian Koel Day, here's an article by ACRES on what to do when you find an injured Asian Koel!:)

Aves the young Asian Koel was spotted by our caller at the area around the playground, having dropped out of the nest. Aves was mistaken as a young Crow and understandably so, as the adult Crows were defensive and swooping down (did not peck, just flying above head) at people who were near Aves.

Our Wildlife Rescue Officers tried to reunite Aves with the crows however, the crows must have realised that Aves is not one of their own and did not bother with Aves. It was interesting to note that even so, the crows were absolutely protective of the youngs they take care of, including young koels.

The Asian Koels are brood parasites where they will lay their eggs secretly/tactically in other bird's nests, most commonly in crow's nest but even recorded in other small bird's nest.

In such cases when adults are present and defensive(e.g. crows, orioles, bird of prey), please do not approach the young bird but observe where the young bird is and call our ACRES Wildlife Rescue Hotline at 97837782 and let our Wildlife Rescue Officers deal with the young bird.

Aves is currently with Jurong Bird Park undergoing rehabilitation.

Are you ready for Earth Hour? :D Tonight. 8.30pm to 9.30pm. Together with 150 other countries and 7000 cities. May we not only care for our Earth tonight, but forever :) Have a brilliantly dark Earth Hour :)

The Wild Side is commemorating Tammy's passing. Please head to: https://www.facebook.com/commemoratingtammy should you wish to share with us your photos, messages, anything you wish to share regarding him :) Your contributions will go up on the Tammy Commemoration board in the canteen as well as on his grave sign! Thank you and do treat ALL your loved ones around you with love before they leave this Earth :)

Commemorating Tammy Submit: http://tinyurl.com/tammyrg
RGS's school cat, Tammy, has passed on. Post your condolences, encounters with him, photos, poems here!
-The Wild Side

On 8th March, The Wild Side and Cogitare, together with about another 30 interested RGS students, set off for a MacRitchie Forest Walk with Love Our MacRitchie Forest. We all had a great and meaningful time not just appreciating MacRitchie's beauty, but also reflecting on how we can each make a a positive difference for MacRitchie! We caught a glimpse of the pink-necked green pigeon up in the treetops, and we were fascinated by the huge and beautiful golden orb weaver spider and so much more amazing wildlife! :) Photos by Kelsie :) Our Macritchie Forest

A man's effort to save the world HAHA

Never Before Have I Laughed So Hard At One Guy's Non-Attempt To Save The Planet Don't do what this guy did.