Labrador Nature Reserve, Singapore
Labrador Nature Reserve (GPS: 1.26555, 103.80157) is a protected forest area off Pasir Panjang Road / West Coast Highway in
Bukit Merah, on the southern part of Singapore. It covers a 10-acre area and was gazetted a nature reserve in 2002. The coast is called Pasir Panjang, or "long beach" in Malay.
There's quite a number of things to see and do at Labrador Nature Reserve. You can find Fort Pasir Panjang, a World War II relic built by the British. The fort was used to store ammunition. It is near the site of the Battle of Pasir Panjang ofr 1942, between the Imperial Japanese Army and the 1st Malaya Infantry Brigade. The fort is on a hill overlooking the sea. Between the sea and the hill is the only sea-cliff on mainland Singapore.
Labrador Nature Reserve is also a good place for bird watching. Among the species you can find here include the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot, the Rufous Woodpecker and the Abbott's Babbler. In all, 70 different species of birds have been sighted here.