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The 50-hectare Coney Island Park is rich in biodiversity and home to several nationally threatened fauna species such as birds like the Rusty-breasted Cuckoo and Spotted Wood-Owl, and dragonflies like the Sultan and Lined Forest-Skimmer. Plants that are critically endangered and even locally extinct in the wild, like the Barringtonia species and Cycads, can also be seen at the park.
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This ecologically sustainable park is home to coastal forests, grasslands, mangroves, and casuarina woodlands. Bird watchers will have a meal of spotting one of the 80 species of birds that call Coney Island home. Run along the 2.4 km-long park connector route, or opt for a bit a of a more challenging terrain along the 2 km-long beach route.
Don’t forget to keep your eye out for the elusive Brahman Bull.
Don’t forget to keep your eye out for the elusive Brahman Bull.
