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October 2021

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27 October 2021
Africa
fennec foxhedgehogsand cat

Western sahara

My 6 day trip to Western sahara. I flew on the 20th October 2021. A straightforward flight, from Gatwick, via casablanca to dakhla. The only issue being landing in casablanca to fi

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27 October 2021
Uncategorised
splitssystematics; new species

Taxonomy news

1. True’s beaked whales from the Southern Hemisphere split as a new species, Mesoplodon eueu. 2. When pygmy marmosets got split, it was unclear which of the two species shoul

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22 October 2021
Uncategorised
Thermal scope

A Hypothetical Question – Just for Fun

Hi Everyone! I’ve been entertaining this question in my own head, and was wondering what everyone else thinks: So back when I started mammal watching (2007ish), seeing a list of

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21 October 2021
Europe and the Palearctic
Netherlandswalrus

Walrus in the Netherlands

A few weeks ago a Walrus entered the Netherlands on the island: “Schiermonnikoog”, went further to Terschelling” and “Harlingen” after a few days. Tha

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20 October 2021
Europe and the Palearctic
Romania

New Trip Report: European Mink Special, Romania

Here’s another excellent Romania report from Sakertours. European Mink Special, 2021: Sakertours, 5 days & 30+ species including Romanian Hamster, European Mink and Great

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18 October 2021
Central and South America
systematics; new species

Taxonomy news

Everything from the Neotropics today. 1. A cool open-access paper describing a new species Histiotus mochica from the coastal desert of northern Peru. Although currently known from

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17 October 2021
Uncategorised
Africa

Alan Root’s film: A space in the heart of Africa

I saw that Konstantin Yordanov had posted a link on Facebook to Alan Root’s epic film about the wildlife of the Congo, so decided to share it here. I’ve been wanting to

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17 October 2021
Uncategorised

Podcast Episode 12: Russ Mittermeier

Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen on Stithr The new episode of the mammalwatching podcast has Charles Foley and me interviewing Russ Mittermeier world famous author,

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16 October 2021
Uncategorised
ArizonaFlashlightJose Martinez FonsecaSmallRigTorch

a new way to mount a pocket torch on a camera

When spotting animals at night it can be hard to hold the flashlight and hold the camera at the same time. Yapok catcher and PhD candidate Jose Gabriel Martinez Fonseca has an idea

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5 October 2021
Europe and the Palearctic
mammals of Sweden; mammal watching in Sweden

Trip report Sweden

After having looked for mammals in Central and Southeast Europe I urgently needed a diversion … and went mammal watching in the north. 😉 Here is my report: http://www.wild

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