Gabon Wildlife Adventure – Trip Report from Royle Safaris
Back in the summer of 2019 Royle Safaris ran our first safari to Gabon. It was a pretty good success with 45 species of mammals recorded. Including mandrills, lowland gorilla, blac
Kinkajou/Olingo ID Ecuador
Kinkajou or Olingo is apparently the classic conundrum of tropical South America. A kind person on Facebook told me that most of those are likely Kinkajou, but that someone knowled
New Trip Report: Borneo
An excellent report from Lennart Verheuvel, with photos of all 45 species! Sabah, 2019: Lennart Verheuvel, 3.5 weeks & 45 species including Clouded Leopard, Marbled and Flat-
New Trip Report: Madagascar’s Aye Ayes
Here’s a new report from Mac Hunter, who has just seen one of my most wanted species. Madagascar, 2019: Mac Hunter, 2 weeks and some great species including Aye Ayes, Fossa a
Assorted news
1. There is a proposal (Hope et al. 2019) to split pygmy shrew (the North American one) into two species, based entirely on molecular data. The western form would be called Sorex e
New Trip Report: Central Mexico
A new report from Venkat Sankar, continuing his quest to see all of Mexico’s mammals, with another great trip. Central Mexico, 2019: Venkat Sankar, 6 days & 36 species in
New Trip Report: Poland
A very short report from Romain Boquier who spent a day in Poland on his way to Malaysia from France. I am sure the route made sense to him! Osowe, 2019: Romain Boquier, 1 day &
New Trip Report: Peninsula Malaysia, Borneo and Singapore
Here are two new reports from Romain Boquier Taman Negara and Deramakot, 2019: Romain Boquier, 6 days & 30 species including Tapir, Malayan Slit-faced Bat and Horsfield’s
Two bats to ID, New Guinea region
I hope somebody can help to identify these two bats. The microbat was at Nimbokrang, West New Guinea, roosing in a crack of a wooden tower in lowland rainforest. The flying fox was
Gray Seals at Montauk
While birding out in The Montauk area of Long Island, NY, I had three Gray Seals which is the second time I’ve had them in NY. One was by the docks of Inlet Seafood on La