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Author: Steve Babbs

HomePosted by Steve Babbs
8 December 2022
Uncategorised
#photography #flash

Photographing mammals at night

Hi all I have swapped a flash for a torch for night photography of mammals as I think it works better over distance and is less likely to cause the mammal to run off. I was wonderi

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6 September 2022
Oriental
Sri Lanka

Members wanted to join a mammal trip to Sri Lanka First half April 2023

Dear all I am presently putting together a team for about a 10 day trip – excluding journey times – to Sri Lanka. As the emphasis will be on mammals – especially

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31 January 2021
Uncategorised
thermal sciope

Sub £1000 thermal scope

I know it has been covered before but thermal imaging equipment seems to have become a lot more popular recently and, in the hope travel returns to something like normal, I am pond

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16 June 2019
Africa
#uganda #sitatunga #katonga

RFI: Seeing sitatunga at Katonga Wildlife Reserve, Uganda

Dear all I suspect this will be one of several enquiries about Uganda, Has anyone tried for sitatunga at Katonga Wildlife Reserve, Uganda? From what I gather it is probably a bit o

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4 May 2019
Africa
#Ethiopia

Rodents from Ethiopia – request for id help.

Looking at trip reports, the first one of these from the Bale mountains is likely to be Blick’s grassrat, the second – from the Simien mountains Chenek camp – may

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22 December 2018
Europe and the Palearctic
#westernsahara #smallmammaltrapping

Small mammal trapping in Morocco/West Sahara

The excellent recently posted report of a trip to Western Sahara emphasised the importance of measurements to correctly identify gerbils. Having nearly been arrested for small mamm

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24 June 2018
Africa
#ethiopianwolf

Ethiopian wolf in Simien Mountains.

Dear all My wife is very keen to do a family trip to Ethiopia. She is very keen that ‘just this once, it’s her trip not mine’. A constant driver and guide is not

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2 May 2018
Oriental

Niviventer – help wanted with identification

Hi can anyone help with this niviventer – presuming I’ve got that bit of the id correct? It was photographed in mangroves not far west of Bangkok. Apologies for the poo

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19 September 2017
Oriental
Colugo

Seeing Colugo in peninsular Malaysia

Dear all I’m planning a trip to peninsular Malaysia next year. I’m keen to see colugo, a species that I’ve never seen despite having spent about ten months in sou

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10 July 2017
Oriental
Thailand

Advice for Thailand

Dear all I am planning a mammal/bird trip to Thailand for April. Our main site is Kaeng Krachen. I have got Richard Webb’s trip report plus bird gen but if anyone else has ma

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  1. markhows on Australia9 May 2025

    Many Thanks, I think you are correct, I will see if I can correct the entry

  2. Daniel Boyland on Australia9 May 2025

    Great report. I think the possum you've identified as a lemuroid ringtail might actually be a coppery brushtail.

  3. GreyBoey on A puma, a tapir, and a stalking horse – final version9 May 2025

    That was such interesting behaviour. thank you for sharing.

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    Hahaha "nobody else is crazy enough" is not a phrase to use lightly among mammalwatchers!

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