New Trip Report: Sichuan Mammal Sightings, 2020
A friend from South Africa sent me some these notes about mammal sightings in Sichuan that might be helpful to anyone visiting there independently. Observations include Red and Gia
Costa Rica 2010 Trip Report
I first bought a guide book for Costa Rica in 1996, but for various reasons that I cannot remember, though which probably had something to do with my ex-wife’s belief that th
South and Central Colombia, 2020
With Cheryl Antonucci, Becky Henshaw, Jon Hall, Martin Royle, Hari Sankar, Venkat Sankar and Ian Thompson. Plus Rob Smith and Claudia Diaz from Wild About Colombia. When I first vi
Advertising: The Tibetan Plateau in July
Royle Safaris have one space open on a July trip to the Tibetan Plateau. Targets include Snow Leopard, Pallas’s Cat, Tibetan Wolves, Eurasian Lynx, Tibetan Antelope, Wild Yak an
What does using a heat scope look like?
Here’s an interesting post from Charles Hood. I have done a before and after shot of a fake mouse, first by torch and then by heat scope, for those of us who have not used on
Anyone want to join us for a long weekend bat blitz in Costa Rica?
If you read my short report yesterday about Sylvan in Costa Rica you might understand why I am in a rush to get back! In short Fiona Reid has run several bioblitzes there in recent
Sylvan: Golfito, Costa Rica
In late November 2019 Amber and I popped down to Costa Rica to visit Fiona Reid at her new ecolodge, Sylvan, and see my son Patrick who was volunteering there. It wasn’t a ma
New Trip Report: Way Kambas, Sumatra
A short report – with some nice pictures – from Hugh Lansdown. Way Kambas, 2019: Hugh Lansdown, 5 days & 22 species including Sun Bear, Malayan Weasel and Pen-taile
A Mammalwatcher’s Code of Conduct
A little over a year ago Richard Webb triggered a lively discussion around a mammalwatching code of conduct. Although opinions differed on some of the content, many of us felt it w
Hairy Nosed Otter out and about in U Minh Thuong National Park, Vietnam
Daniel Willcox at the IUCN, who is doing great stuff trying to promote better links between scientists and the mammalwatching community, let me know about a Hairy-nosed Otter that