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August 2020

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15 August 2020
Oriental
Himalayan WildlifeIndiaKumaonMartenserow

Himalayan Serow at Pangot

A brief summer visit to Pangot (2000m) a tiny village surrounded by temperate broad-leaved forest in the Kumaon Himalayas, was productive for a sighting of the uncommonly seen Hima

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12 August 2020
Australasia
New South WalesVictoria

New Trip Report: Australia – New South Wales south coast and Victoria’s East Gippsland

A new report from Dion Hobcroft with some nice mammals including a very rare Long-footed Potoroo. South Coast NSW and Gippsland, 2020: Dion Hobcroft, 1 week & 20 species includ

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12 August 2020
Uncategorised
mammal listtaxonomy

Updated Mammalwatching Checklist @ August 2020

The latest version of my global mammal checklist is available here and also on Scythebill too. This update differs a little from previous ones. I focussed on improving the common

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11 August 2020
Europe and the Palearctic
France

New Trip Report: Desmans in the French Pyrenees

A nice – and very detailed – report from Ben Balmford on how to see a Desman in the mountains south of Bordeaux. Desman Hunt, Pyrenees, 2020: Ben Balmford, 4 nights and

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10 August 2020
Oriental
Vietnam monkeys

Vietnam at christmas 2019/20

I and two friends spent 2 weeks in southern and central Vietnam at the beginning of the year chasing mammals and whatever other fauna we were able to find with the aid of Forest Bi

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6 August 2020
Europe and the Palearctic
Spain

New Report: Iberian Lynxes

Jan Kelchtermans sent me this good news piece – with some superb photographs – on growing opportunities to enjoy Iberian Lynx watching. Jon The future looks bright for

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4 August 2020
North American
Guadalupe fur sealMonterey

A good year for Guadalupe Fur Seals in USA waters?

Alvaro Jaramillo is a Chilean bird tour leader based in Half Moon Bay, California. One of his offshore trips had Guadalupe Fur Seal last weekend, and I went out of Moss Landing on

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4 August 2020
Uncategorised
taxonomy

New species described

A couple new species descriptions: 1. A new Sorex shrew described from Honduras. The description is based on principal component analysis of just two available specimens; my unders

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2 August 2020
Europe and the Palearctic
Poland

New Trip Report: Poland

Janco van Gelderen was in Poland last month. Poland, July 2020: Janco van Gelderen, 1 week & 12 species including Pine Marten and Wolf.

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1 August 2020
Europe and the Palearctic
Iceland

Iceland, June 2020

Executive Summary: Great country, few mammals. In late June, Iceland was one of the first countries to reopen after COVID19. Desperate for tourism to start up again, and with essen

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