A Few Japanese Mammals
I spent 10 days in Japan in April 2018. This was a trip with – and primarily for – my 13 year old daughter, and one we had been talking about for several years (Katy’s talk had surprisingly not mentioned mammals other than to say “No!”). So I promised...
Northern Honshu
I spent a couple days in far northern Honshu; the weather was great and in some low-elevation areas almost every tree in the forest was in bloom – those slopes looked really spectacular. Saw one serow at 40.505629N 140.820258E. The best place for night walks is Oraise Gorge (40.53317N...
New Trip Report: Morocco
Well just a few brief notes really, but some interesting info here. Morocco, 2018: Michel Gervais’s notes of 6 weeks in Morocco with species including Aoudad, Cuvier’s Gazelle and a possible North African Elephant Shrew. Jon
Rapid assessment of bat diversity in Laguna del Tigre National Park, Guatemala
Thanks to Richard Webb for sending me this paper on the bats of Laguna del Tigre NP. Researcher identified 25 species of bats in 8 days. A useful reference for anyone visiting the park. Jon
Western Sahara
Hi all, Following on from recent Western Sahara trip reports and mammal watching ventures it seems pertinent to warn of the dangers of land mines in the area which have been omitted from recent reports. The whole of Western Sahara is mined (it’s the most heavily mined country in...
New Trip Report(s): Israel
Here’s another report on Israel, this time from Nick Littlwwood who has compiled notes on a series of sightings, primarily in 2017. Israel, 2017: Nick Littelwood, 4 trips & 13 mammals including Onager, Palestinian Mole Rat and African Wild Cat. Jon
New Trip Report: High Tatras, Slovakia
A new report from Ralf Bürglin who was in Slovakia earlier this month. High Tatras, Slovakia, 2018: Ralf Bürglin, 2 days & 6 species including Tatra Chamois and a Wolf. Jon
Western Sahara April 2018
A short report on my latest visit to Western Sahara. Western Sahara 2018
Sri Lanka: 4 nights, 40 mammals including 4 cat species
Sri Lanka trip report – 4 cat
Hoary Bats in Arizona
Micah Riegner – who was one of our guides on a fabulous Amazon cruise last year – sent me these notes about an encounter with several Hoary Bats in Yavapai Country, Arizona this month. Hoary Bats are – in my opinion – one of the most attractive bats in North America. Jon
New Trip Report: Jordan and Israel
A new report from Aidan Place, who saw some very nice mammals on what was primarily a birding trip. Jordan & Israel, 2018: Aidan Place, 3 weeks & 12 species including Striped Hyena and Asiatic Wild Ass. Jon
Seal ID please
Saw this seal at Furan, Hokkaido. We did see some harbour seals but this one looks more speckly than the rosettes that we saw on the harbour seals so I wondered if it was a Largha Seal? Opinions appreciated:
New Website with World Mammal List
The American Society of Mammalogists has sponsored a new Mammal Diversity Database. It intends to collate new species as they are published into a frequently-updated master list. As published now, they give a world total of 6,495 species. The site is free and open to the public. The address...
New Trip Report: Israel
Here’s Mike Richardson’s report of the trip he took with Mark Hows last month. Israel 2018: Mike Richardson, 8 days & 24 species including Desert Hedgehog, Lesser White-toothed Shrew, Persian Fallow Deer and Anderson’s Gerbil. Jon
New Trip Report: The Yucatan
Here’s a great report from Venkat Sankar, who was just back in Mexico with Juan Cruzado Cortes. Yucatan, 2018: Venkat Sankar, 5 nights & 41 species including Hairy-legged Vampire Bat, Cozumel Golden Bat and Gaumer’s Mouse Opossum. Jon
New Trip Report: Deramakot (Borneo)
Here’s a first report from Mark Spence of (another) successful trip to Deramakot. Deramakot, 2018: Mark Spence, 9 days & 25 species including Western Tarsier, Moon Rat, Flat-headed Cat, Hose’s Langur and Otter Civet. Jon
New Trip Report: Mediterranean Monk Seal in Greece
Here’s another report from a new contributor. Great to hear that Monk Seals are findable in Greece – and there is a lot of detail here on how to do that. Kamena Vourla, 2018: Mike Bailey, 5 days and a Mediterranean Monk Seal. Jon
New Trip Report: Southern Vietnam
Southern Vietnam, 2018: Romain Bocquier, 1 week & 13 species including Red-shanked and Black-shanked Douc Langurs and Silvered Langur. Jon
New Trip Report: Ethiopia
Here’s a new report from Richard Webb of a recent Wildwings tour he led. Ethiopia, 2018: Richard Webb, 12 days & 47 species including Gerenuk, Bale Monkey and Cape Clawless Otter. Jon
Borneo RFI – Kinabatangan River
Hi all I’m visiting Sabah later in the year and wondered if anyone had been successful in looking for Flat-headed Cat in the last two or three years along the lower Kinabatangan (the most recent sighting on trip reports on here is in 2014). My understanding is that they...
South Africa Rare Mammals trip report
If anyone is interested, here is my trip report from South Africa last year. We had a rubbish guide, but despit that we still saw quite a few lifers including a veery brief glimpse of a Riverine Rabbit, aardwolf, amazing aardvark sightings, Black-footed Cat, meerkats, Springhare, Smith’s red rock...
Unidentified bat
Can anyone help with the identification of this bat found in a crevice in the rocks near the hyaena caves near Mount Fantalle in Awash NP in Ethiopia on the recent Wildwings’ tour. Quite a number emerged at dusk. Ethiopian Woolly Bat has been reported from here previously but...
Photographic Maps of the Primates, Warthogs, Dik-Diks and Hyrax of Africa: A Tool for Identification and Conservation
For anyone who has ever torn out their hair trying to identify galagos, dik diks, hyraxes, vervet type monkeys, warthogs (and other stuff) ….then this is a really cool resource which I hope will keep growing. If it had been around 15 years ago I might still have some...
New Trip Report: Ladakh 2017
Here’s a new report from Phunchok Tsering at Exotic Travel Ladakh, who saw a pretty incredible 9 Snow Leopards during a trip he organised late last year. Ladakh, 2017: Exotic Travel, 9 days & 9 Snow Leopards plus more. I cannot recommend Phunchok highly enough if you are thinking...
Sichuan’s Mammals 2019 – Spaces available
Hi, after our successful recent trip to Sichuan Royle Safaris is repeating this trip for 2019. We focus on two of the well known hotspots for mammals (Pallas’s Cat, Chinese Mountain Cat, Sichuan Takin, Chinese Serow etc) which are Tangjiahe and Rouergai, but we also have access and a...
New Trip Report: Uganda
Here’s another report from Uganda. Uganda, 2018: Bellingham Safaris, 9 days & 23 species including L’Hoest’s Monkey, Giant Forest Hog and Uganda Grass Hare. Jon
New Trip Report: Long Weekend in Oaxaca
One of mammalwatching.com’s great mysteries is the lack of trip reports from Mexico. As of March 2018 there are fewer than 20 reports from a country with over 300 species of mammals, and about half of which are endemic. And those mammals are in a country that has great food, good transport and is...
Pulsar Quantum XQ50 Thermal Imaging Camera for sale
If anyone (ideally based in the UK) is interested I have a Pulsar Quantum XQ50 thermal imaging camera (the same one that Jon Hall uses) for sale. I bought it 13 months ago for £2950 (and it’s still in excellent condition ) but I would sell it for £1975...
Mammal Watching with Kids?
Hi All, I’ve subscribed myself to this forum for about 8 years now, and it gave me lots of wonderful traveling ideas such as tracking giant pandas and snow leopards, things I didn’t know possible before. Though I have stopped my travel adventures since 5 years ago when I...
New Trip Report: Oman
Another report from Oman. Clearly there is a great deal of good stuff to see in this country beyond Blanford’s Foxes! Oman, 2017: Jon Lehmberg, 2 weeks & 14 species including Striped Hyena, Honey Badger and False Killer Whales. Jon
New Trip Report: Northern Sri Lanka, February 2018
Hi all Here’s a write-up of my too-short trip to Sri Lanka last month. Despite it being mainly a work trip, we still recorded over twenty species – what a great place. Now I need to find time to visit the southern half of the country… Northern Sri Lanka –...
Amur Leopard 2018 Tour Success – Trip Report
In February and March 2018 Royle Safaris ran the first tourist trips to specifically photograph the highly endangered and elusive Amur leopard. We have special access to a photography hide deep inside Kedrova Pad National Park. The hide has room for 3 people to spend all day and all...
New Trip Report: Uganda
A new report from Samuel Marlin, who was back in Africa this month, this time in Uganda. A country very high on my wish list. Uganda, 2018: Samuel Marlin, 2 weeks & 39 species including Central African Red Colobus and Ugandan Mangabey among 13 confirmed primates, Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel...
New Trip Report: Scotland
John Wright just got back from another successful trip to Scotland. Scotland, 2018: John Wright, 5 days & 16 species including Least Weasel, Pine Marten and Red-necked Wallabies. Jon
New Trip Report: Senegal
Here’s a useful new report from a country under-visited by mammal watchers. Sengal, 2017: Jon Lehmberg, 2 weeks & 22 species including African Giant Shrew, Patas Monkey and Pallid Fox. Jon
New Trip Report – Northern India
Scott Flamand is just back from a great trip to the north of India. Though it was primarily a birding trip he saw some great mammals. Northern India, 2018: Scott Flamand, 2 weeks & species include multiple Gorals, Collared Hedgehog, Jungle Cat and Tigers. Jon
Hokkaido
I spent the last few days in Hokkaido looking (unsuccessfully) for bat roosts. Interesting sightings included: more than an hour of scope views of a pod of karasu beaked whales from 44.100423N 145.245909E, lots of Steller’s sea lions along the shore from that location to Rausu, scope views of...
Significant range expansion for Silvery Woolly Monkey?
During a birding visit to Peru in August 2015, I observed several monkey species in Manu National Park. Among these were several sightings of Woolly Monkeys. Several parties were seen in the area above the Cock of the Rock lodge at ca. 1500m altitude and another party (of two...
New Trip Report: Israel
Here’s a new report from Mark Hows who – with Mike Richardson – is just back from Israel. Israel, 2018: Mark Hows, 1 week & 28 species including Persian Fallow Deer, Dorcas and Mountain Gazelles, Indian Porcupine and a bunch of small mammals. Mike’s report will follow. Jon
Thailand trip report Jeroen Verhoeff 2018
THAILAND trip report 2018 19-3-2018 As mentioned before, my 10 year old son wanted to see the jungle and coral reefs, so we went for a 12 day, low budget, hardcore back-packing trip to Thailand. Here is a very short report, please just have the patience...
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