page_title: Lower Peirce Reservoir
section_title: Nature
hierarchical_section_title: Lower Peirce Reservoir / Lower Peirce Reservoir Park / Nature
caption_attribution_description: White-bellied Fish-Eagle - Sub-adult Haliaeetus leucogaster 22nd February 2009 Location: Lower Pierce Reservoir, Singapore Local name: Helang, Helang Siput, 白腹海雕 To compare adult plumage &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2084118558/"&gt;www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2084118558/&lt;/a&gt; To compare immature/ juvenile plumage &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2303618757/"&gt;www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2303618757/&lt;/a&gt; Distribution: &lt;a href="http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&amp;id=D30F6E1E8CA55E4A&amp;ts=1235296603949&amp;sec=map"&gt;avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&amp;id=D30F6E1E8C...&lt;/a&gt; 690V2735
context_page_description: The Lower Peirce Reservoir is one of the oldest reservoirs in Singapore. It is located near MacRitchie Reservoir and Upper Peirce Reservoir. Previously known as Kallang River Reservoir or Peirce Reservoir, it was renamed Lower Peirce Reservoir after the creation of Upper Peirce Reservoir. It has a surface area of 6 hectares and the surrounding forest contains many trees that are over 100 years old. There is a Lower Peirce Trail, which is a 900-metre boardwalk that takes visitors through a mature secondary forest. The reservoir is the source of the Kallang River, the longest river in Singapore.
context_section_description: Various wild fauna can be found here. In the forest, one may find some of the elusive animals, such as lesser mouse-deer, buffy fish owl, reticulated python and Haas' bronzeback. Other more common forest animals include wild boar, slender squirrel and green crested lizard. In the reservoir, one may find Asian softshell turtle, water monitor and common snakehead. Other birds that can be found here include the resident grey-headed fish eagle, Sunda scops owl, blue-eared kingfisher, cream-vented bulbul, Abbott's babbler and purple-throated sunbird, as well as the migrant black-backed kingfisher, orange-headed thrush and green-backed flycatcher.
caption: White-bellied fish eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster (subadult), Lower Pierce
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