Genet ID
We are currently writing the report of our recent trip to Ethiopia. We saw three genets in Awash National Park and Alledeghe and they all seemed to be different species to us. Sadly we don’t have a picture of the first one and we should have focus on the...
New Trip Report: Kyrgyzstan
A new report from a citizen science expedition to the wonderful Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. Tien Shan Mountains, 2018: Ralf Bürglin, 3 weeks & 5 species including Snow Leopard, Siberian Ibex and Long-tailed Marmot. Jon
New Trip Reort:
Zimbabwe, Botswana and Marrick (South Africa), 2018: Félix Serrano López, 2 weeks and about 60 species including Sable, Honey Badger, Spot-necked Otter, Black-footed Cat and mating Aardvarks. Those who have been to Marrick might be interested to note that the rock elephant shrews there seem likely to be a newly...
New Trip Report: Lembeh Island, Sulawesi
Another report from Valdimir Dinets. Lembeh Island, 2018: Vladimir Dinets, 10 days & several species including Spectral Tarsiers and Yellow-tailed Rats. Jon
New Trip Report: Singapore
A new report from Vladimir Dinets Singapore, 2018: Vladimir Dinets, 2 days & several mammals including Sunda Pangolin. Jon
Request for companions Kimberley SA, 9-12 December 2018
Dear all, From 4-8 December 2018 I will attend the African Eurasian Waterbird Agreement Meeting in Durban, South Africa. Afterwards, I am eager to visit Marrick, Kimberley (http://www.marricksafari.com/) for three days to see the mouth watering species it is famous for: Aardvark, Aardwolf, Black-footed Cat, but also Smith’s Rock Hare,...
ID question rodent Andes in S Peru
Hi people, Can anyone tell me the species? I found it in the Andes of southern Peru in the Arequipa Department near Colca Canyon at an altitude somewhere around 4000 meters. Best regards, Pieter de Groot Boersma
New Trip Report: Madagascar
A new report from a trip last year to Madagascar. Lots of useful details and some great pictures too. I am hoping to return next year. Still so much to see there (before it disappears). Madagascar, 2017: Keith Millar, 29 days & 55 species including Aye Aye, Fossa, Fanaloka...
Now Booking – Amazon Expedition October 2019
A few months ago I posted a heads up for an Amazon expedition that Fiona Reid, Field Guides (who usually run birding tours) and I are arranging. We now have more details (here) on itinerary and price. I’m excited about this trip: its to an area that seems largely unexplored by mammal watchers...
Otters (and others) in the Philippines?
We’re heading to the Philippines in November and there aren’t a lot of trip reports on here (though we’ll certainly go to Bohol for tarsiers!). There are apparently Asian small-clawed otters on Palawan but I can’t find anyone online who claims to be able to help find them. So...
New Trip Report: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, 2018: Juan Luis Ortega Herranz, 1 week & 30 species including Fishing Cat, Rusty-spotted Cat and Sloth Bear. Jon
New Trip Report: Sabah
A new report from David Andrew from 3 weeks in Borneo. Sabah, 2018: David Andrew, 3 weeks & 47 species including Shrew-faced Ground Squirrel, Clouded Leopard (at Imbak Canyon) and a Pen-tailed Treeshrew Note the sighting of a Brooke’s Squirrel in the lowland. I thought this was a mountain species...
A Sulawesi Dwarf Squirrel Question
I will probably stand corrected again (as was the case with my ‘non’ servaline genet)… but I have a strong feeling that other than the whitish dwarf squirrel, there are two different species that people encounter, but call both of them “Celebes dwarf squirrel”.. So in Tangkoko, you see...
Siberian Tiger & Amur Leopard Tour Available for 2019
Royle Safaris are pioneers in mammal watching trips dedicated to the wonderful big cats of the Russian Far East. We have a range of Siberian Tiger & Amur Leopard tours. There is some availability on our November 2018 Siberian Tiger Winter Tour and our February & March 2019 departures...
Sichaun’s Mammal Tour with Royle Safaris in March 2018
Sightings Log – Sichuan Mammals Tour (Mar 2018)
range map for two endemic k-rats in central Mexico
Report from the literature, not the field, is all that is in this post. (Sorry.) This is Charles Hood and checking an online mammal journal tonight turned up a range map for two endemic k-rats from central Mexico. One of them has been reported by Venkat and Jon Hall...
trip to shasta trinity area- what do you think of this plan?
Hey all, My wife’s birthday gift to me is a trip to the awesome looking Shasta Trinity area staying in Dunsmuir, CA. I have been wanting to go to Northern California for a long time, where I know some of you are pretty familiar with. Its going to be...
2 cases of mammals with humour
https://www.facebook.com/DailyMail/videos/171413557038906/ http://moon-child.net/incredible-moment-seal-slaps-kayaker-in-the-face-with-massive-octopus/
New Trip Report: Squirrel and Prairie Dog Safari
Here’s a report from John and Karen Shrader on a 2015 trip to look for some Western rodents and more. Western Rodents, 2015: John and Karen Shrader, 10 days & 35 species including Apache Pocket Mouse, Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat, Plains Harvest Mouse and Spotted Ground Squirrel. Jon
New Trip Report: Tasmania
A new report from a first time contributor Tasmania, 2018: Ian Merrill, 2 weeks & 14 species including Tasmanian Devil and Tiger and Eastern Quolls. Great pics too. Jon
New Trip Report: South Africa
A new report from Mattia Altieri who just got back from South Africa. Marrick and Malamala, 2018: Mattia Altieri, 15 days & 57 species including Sable, Black-footed Cat, South African Hedgehog, Cheetah and Aardvark. Jon
Ethiopia trip March 2018 and ID request
Dear all, From 3-17 March I have visited Ethiopia on a birding and mammal tour with 7 friends. Route: Addis-Sululta Plains – Debre Libanos – Jemma Valley – Debre Birhan – Ankober – Animalia Lodge – Ali Dege plains – Aswash Falls Lodge – Bale – Harenna – Negele...
New Trip Report: Shetland, UK
Shetland, 2018: Mark Hows, 1 week & 9 species including Orca and Bearded Seal. Jon
New Trip Report: Romania
Romania, 2018: Mark Hows, 12 days & 21 species including Lesser Mole Rat and Miller’s Water Shrew. Jon
New Trip Report: Way Kambas and Tangkoko (Sumatra & Sulawesi)
It feels like a while since we had a report from these two places. Way Kambas (Sumatra) and Tangkoko (Sulawesi), 2018: Andreas Jonsson, 9 days & 32 species in Way Kambas, and another 5 in Tangkoko, including Pen-tailed Tree Shrew, Trefoil Horseshoe Bat and Celebes Dwarf Squirrel. Jon
Mammalwatching.Com – technical update
You might have noticed that mammalwatching.com has been running slow these past few days. There’s some sort of technical problem with the server it is living on, so the site will be moved to a new home over the next couple of days. Until that happens though I’ve been told...
New Trip Report: Austria
A short report from Ingo Weiß Vienna and Lake Neusiedl, Austria, 2018: Ingo Weiß, 4 days & 22 species (some of the bats were “bat detected”) including European Polecat, Particoloured Bat, Striped and Pygmy Field Mice. Jon .
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands Wildlife Holiday Trip Report from Royle Safaris
In June/July Royle Safaris ran a very generalist wildlife watching tour to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. The 3 week trip incorporated the Andes, Amazon and Galapagos. It was very generalist and a private tour and so we didnt focus hard for mammals and therefore missed some species that...
New Trip Report: Rwanda and Uganda
There are some wonderful photos in this report focusing on primates. Rwanda and Uganda, 2018: Andy Murch, 2 weeks (or so) & 42 species (with 15 primates) including Uganda Crested Mangabey, Ashy Red Colobus, Red-tailed Monkey, Giant Forest Hog and Black-fronted Duiker. Jon
New Trip Report: Sri Lanka
A new report from Janco van Gelderen with some great photos. Sri Lanka, 2018: Janco van Gelderen, 15 days & 30 species including Fishing Cat, Leopard, Sloth Bear, Crested Porcupine and Grey Slender Loris. jon
New Trip Report: Madagascar
Romain Bocquier was lucky enough to spend 4 weeks in Madagascar in July. Madagascar, 2018: Romain Bocquier, 4 weeks & 43 species including Fossa, Narrow-striped and Ring-tailed Mongoose and a bunch of bats in a cave at Ranomafana (a cave that I wish I had visited!). Jon
New Trip Report: New Zealand
New Zealand, 2018: Valentin Moser, 10 days & 6 species including Hector’s Dolphins and New Zealand (Hooker’s) Sealions. Jon
Report of Baird’s Beaked Whale and Guadalupe Fur Seal from Southern California
This is a second-hand report of two good species from Southern California, but neither can be chased (unless you have a private yacht). Just as well — Jon Hall is out of leave time anyway. For next year, though, there is apparently a five-day pelagic trip from San Diego...
Istanbul – Persian Squirrel Twitch
So, if you are in Istanbul with a long layover, or no desire to brave the crowds at the Topkapi Museum, then why not go find a Persian Squirrel! When I looked for Persian Squirrels in Akseki in Turkey I was almost arrested (on suspicion of looting the local...
Weirdest Mammals in the World
I was in Borneo recently and whilst the group and I were looking at a wonderful red morph Colugo we were talking about the strangest and weirdest mammals in the world. So we came up with the idea of throwing this out to the mammal watching community, to see...
Peninsula Valdes, Argentina
A work trip to Buenos Aires at the very end of August 2018 was a welcome opportunity to visit the Valdes Peninsula in Patagonia, which has been on my bucket list ever since I saw the famous footage of the Orca’s hunting sea lions straight off of the beach. This...
New Trip Report: Vancouver Island and the Yukon
Here’s a new report from Samuel Marlin. Good to see that there are still so many mammals in spots I visited 12 years ago. Vancouver Island and the Yukon, 2018: Samuel Marlin, 3 weeks & 31 species including Dall’s Sheep, Vancoover Island Marmot, Mink and Wolf. Jon
And if you’ve ever thought about Aardvark’s having sex…
… then wonder no longer. Thank you Félix Serrano López for this footage from Merrick. The patter of tiny hooves is hopefully imminent. Aardvarks – even celibate ones – remain one of the 10 best mammals on the planet I think. Jon
New Trip Report: Morocco and the Western Sahara
Here’s a new report from Vladimir Dinets. Morocco and the Western Sahara, 2018: Vladimir Dinets, and many smaller mammals plus Humpback Dolphins, Sand Cat and Fennec Foxes. Jon
Anyone Going on the 9/30 Monterey Bay Whale Watch?
Is anyone planning to go on the September 30 12-hour Monterey Bay whale watch? If you are, and if you’ll be driving from the general San Francisco area, would you be able to give me a ride? I’m attending a conference in Berkeley starting early in the morning of...
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