I am going to Ethiopia for 2 weeks; renting a 4WD with driver/guide; planning to camp every night to facilitate spotlighting/scoping but might use the odd hotel/lodge. Route will include Bale Mts – Harena – Yabello – Lake Awassa – Senkele – Wondo Genet – Awash – Aledeghi. Email me if you are interested in joining.
Paul Carter – pc66xx@gmail.com
A couple of newspapers picked up some spectacular mammal action this past week: Paris Match had this slideshow of...
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… then wonder no longer. Thank you Félix Serrano López for this footage from Merrick. The patter of tiny hooves...
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Does anyone know what this species is? I am all squirreled out after Sierra Leone, where we spent a...
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Here’s Richard Webb/Wildwing’s latest report from South Africa. South Africa, 2017: Richard Webb, 12 days & 55 species including...
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You might want to change Wondo Genet for Bishangari lodge, which hosts more or less the same birds (yellow-headed parrots and narina trogon guaranteed) and night walks here yielded a caracal on the lakeshore, as well as senegal galago, common genet, bushbuck and common duiker. Aardvark and spotted hyena also appeared to be very common here. Unfortunately the Bishangari lodge was attacked during the protests last year, but it appears to be open again.
Bishangari is still closed and is expected to be closed for some time yet as it was burnt to the ground during the protests. It needs a total rebuild.
That is a shame, the first pictures I saw did not look that bad…. Hopefully they can open again. Do you know whether the lodge next door is also affected?
No Haro Lodge wasn’t attacked and is still operational.