Talking points for nature guides on the Shores of Singapore

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Talking points for nature guides
to introduce the shores to ordinary visitors
with tips on keeping your visitors and your shores alive and well.

ISSUES

Every inch of the shore is alive!
Sensitising visitors to watch their step, to observe quietly and not disturb animals

on rocky shores

barnacles
slugs
snails with shells
small anemones
sponges
zonation

on sandy shores

fiddler crabs
sand bubbler crabs
small anemones
sand dollars
buried sea cucumbers
tubeworms
snails with shells

in shallow pools of water

prawns and shrimps
small anemones

elsewhere

Don't collect anything

empty snail shells

While waiting
during wet weather or when you arrived too early and the tide is still high

snail shells empty snail shells and the stories they tell
crabs moults

animals on the high shore
barnacles
onch slugs

FAUNA

cnidarians

hard corals
soft corals
sea anemones

crustaceans

fiddler crabs
sand bubbler crabs
hermit crabs
crabs
prawns and shrimps
barnacles

echinoderms

sea stars
sea cucumbers
sand dollars & sea urchins

molluscs

clams
snails with shells
slugs
cephalopods

vertebrates

fishes

others

sponges
worms

Why do a guided shore walk?
and other general tips on guiding

Don't be a bad guide

Be a good guide

Role of a guide
checklist for a successful walk

FLORA

marine plants

seaweeds
seagrasses

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