Who is eligible? Members of the Nature Society (Singapore). Not a member? Well you can sign up on the spot, or print the form available here.

Details - A Saturday evening walk with Benjamin Lee and the Lower Peirce Reservoir & Forest Guiding Team. Meet at the Lower Peirce Reservoir Carpark at 3pm. The walk ends at about 7pm. Suitable for children and people of all ages. Bring water, insect repellent, wear light breatheable clothing and walking shoes, rain gear in case of bad weather.

Please register by sending us an email. Include your name and the number of adults and children coming. If you have no email, please inform the NSS office: call 794-1403.

The walk will take you for a leisurely stroll along the reservoir to the boardwalk: Wateredge Trail, Hevea Trail, Cyathea Trail, Bamboo Trail and the Oncospermum Trail. You will be introduced ant-plants, spiny palms and some old forest faithfuls. Also on the agenda are pond-skaters, fast-flying swifts, the beautiful sun skink and excitable squirrels. In November 1999, guests at the official opening of the 805m boardwalk were treated to the sight of a Malayan Colugo gliding through the trees!

The walk ends near the famous prata shops at Casuarina Road, so you can tuck in to a delicious meal after the walk!

Where to meet: Meet at 3pm at the carpark of Lower Peirce Reservoir, off Upper Thomson Road (see maps below). The bus that runs along Upper Thomson Road there is SBS No. 163.

How to get there

If you are coming from MacRitchie Reservoir:

1. LORNIE RD - take 165
Board 165 at OPP ANDREW RD,

2. UPP THOMSON RD - switch to 163
Alight at OPP FLAME TREE PK, and board 163 at OPP FLAME TREE PK[UPP THOMSON RD],
OR Alight at OPP S'WANG HILL, and board 163 at SIM THOMSON CTR[UPP THOMSON RD],

3. Alight at BEF ANG MO KIO AVE 1.

More combinations available using the SBS Online Guide

Relevant Links

Nature Trail

"New Nature Trail". The Straits Times, 13th November 1999. Archived at Nature-Singapore Mailing List, thanks to Victor Yue!

Speech by Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minister for National Develpoment, at the launch of the National Education programme on "Singapore, our Garden City" at the Lower Peirce trail, Old Upper Thomson Road, on Friday, 12th November 1999. Archived at Nature-Singapore Mailing List, thanks to Victor Yue!

Lest we forget - Tony O'Dempsey, 15th November 1999.

Webpages featuring the trail

Lower Peirce - an easy walk in a tranquil forest by Nick Baker, Ecology Asia, 2001.

National Parks Board webpage

Lower Peirce Boardwalk by Ria Tan, 2001

Reservoir/Reservoir Park

National Heritage Board - Water Supply in Singapore
"...Officially commissioned in 1912, the Kallang River Reservoir was renamed Peirce Reservoir in 1922 after the Municipal Engineer Robert Peirce who had been in charge of its construction. It became known as Lower Peirce Reservoir when work began on an even bigger impounding reservoir in 1975.

Local catchment areas - "No place like home"

Reservoir Parks - Public Utilities Board webpage

URA site from 1996 indicating "Park Connectors are proposed to link the Ang Mo Kio Planning Area with adjacent regional parks, like ... Lower Peirce Reservoir Park via Old Upper Thomson Road along the fringe of the Water Catchment Area." (Map of area available).

Mainly sunsets at Lower Peirce by D Hawkins.

Fishing

Sport Fishing at MacRitchie, Lower Peirce And Upper Seletar Reservoirs - Public Utilities Board press release, 14 December 2000.

"Fishing in our reservoirs - for better of for worse?" by N. Sivasothi, Habitatnews, December 2000.

"Fishing in three central reservoirs may have adverse ecological impact" by TANG Beng Yong, December 2000.