A large colony of 100 flying foxes were seen flying over Singapore’s central catchment area. They stayed for about a week. The large bats could have flown to Singapore due to a disturbance to their habits in neighbouring countries, probably Indonesia or Malaysia, from deforestation. This is a significant ecological event because flying foxes are extinct in Singapore, and the last time they were spotted here was in 2016. It has been almost a year and no flying foxes have been seen since then.