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May 2020

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31 May 2020
Europe and the Palearctic
Spain

Animal Droppings from Spain for ID

Hi all, Jonny Hodgson sent me these poo pics and wondered what species dropped them. I thought maybe a hedgehog, a large lizard or maybe a large amphibian … all of which are

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30 May 2020
Uncategorised
General Mammal Watching

New mammal family web pages

[Posted on behalf of Don Roberson] I followed Jon Hall’s recommendation to spend the first months of the Covid-19 lockdown by entering all the mammals I’d seen in Scythebill, w

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30 May 2020
Uncategorised
thermal imager

How do you use your thermal imager to find wildlife?

I know that quite a few of us now own thermal imagers and use them regularly while mammal watching. However, I think it’s fair to say that they are not always the easiest devices

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29 May 2020
Europe and the Palearctic
Meriones meridianusmeriones psammophilus; Meriones tamariscinus

Meriones Gerbils In Mongolia: taxonomy and tails

I have published a post “Meriones Gerbils in Mongolia: taxonomy and tails” covering some notes and photos which I put together in the process of trying to identify some gerbils

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29 May 2020
Europe and the Palearctic
Poland

Four years in Poland

I have been “living in Poland” for almost four years by now and thought people might be interested in what kind of experience a very bad mammalwatcher has in this count

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28 May 2020
Africa
Zimbabwe

New Trip Report: Mana Pools, Zimbabwe

Another report from Tom Clode, this time from one of my favourite national parks anywhere – Mana Pools.  It has been nearly 30 years since I was there and I’m relieved

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26 May 2020
North American
batsNew York

Recent Bat sightings in NY

Just wanted to report that I had a Big Brown and a Hoary Bat along Oil City Rd. at the Wallkill River N.W.R., Pine Island, NY and a Little Brown Myotis hanging on the side of the v

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25 May 2020
Europe and the Palearctic
Finland

Predator Watching in Finland

I have still not given up hope to return to Africa in July this year. However, “hope for the best, plan for the worst”, as one of my favorite novel character has a habi

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20 May 2020
Europe and the Palearctic
Cretan Wild GoatKri-kri

Kri-kri

Did you know that this “smallest wild goat” lives on at least ten different islands in the Aegean archipelagos? That you can also observe it near Athens? And that it once was s

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19 May 2020
Africa
Algeria

Saharan Cheetah photographed in Algeria (2020)

After more than a decade since the last sighting, the Saharan Cheetah was observed again in Ahaggar, southern of Algeria in March 2020. This was in the context of a project by Gove

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