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2 August 2023
Uncategorised

Reissued: Java 2010

I first visited Java in 2010 and mammalwatched in Gunung Gede and Halimun National Parks. I returned briefly in 2023 and looked for a couple of bats species close to Jakarta.

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1 August 2023
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Reissued report: Sulawesi 2012

I've wanted to see a wild Babirusa for as long as I can remember, so when Coke Smith told me he was planning to spend Christmas 2012 mammal watching in Sulawesi it didn't take me l

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22 July 2023
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West Papua, 2023

What makes for a great trip? The quality and quantity of the mammals? The adventure? The chance to explore somewhere so new you feel like you might be on a scientific expedition wi

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7 March 2023
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SUBSCRIBING TO WEEKLY UPDATES

If you would like to reactivate your subscription to mammalwatching.com then you can now choose to receive just one weekly email that recaps the week’s highlights. To receive

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21 February 2023
Community Trip ReportsUncategorised
Mammalwatching

What’s happened on mammalwatching this past month?

An updated mammalwatching website was launched a month ago. Now that we can all post our own reports the site is busier than ever. If you haven’t yet signed up for updates th

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19 February 2023
Africa
Bioko IslandEquatorial Guinea

Bioko Island, January 2023

Bioko Island, a part of Equatorial Guinea, has been a bucket list trip since I read a trip report from Bob Berghaier in 2010.This was an African Eden, filled with exotic beasts and

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8 January 2023
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The NUTTER awards return/ A community meeting next month/ New website imminent

My mum used to say that “things always happen in threes”. Well here is irrefutable proof that she was right. Maybe. First, the new mammalwatching.com website is about t

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8 January 2023
North American
Mexico

Gray Whales in Baja California

Hello mammalwatchers, I need some advice. We are planning a six-week trip to North America, starting in Baja California and returning home from Vancouver. Some of the target specie

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7 January 2023
Europe and the Palearctic
lynxStudentSwedenwolfwolverine

Student mammal watching in Sweden

Hi all! We are 3 biology students from Wageningen (Netherlands) and we are planning on going to Sweden to see some amazing mammals, which have been on our list for a very long time

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7 January 2023
Oriental
BorneoMalaysiaSabahSingapore

New Trip Report: Borneo and Singapore

Here’s Fiona Reid’s report from her very successful trip to Borneo in October/November. Sabah and Singapore, 2022: Fiona Reid, 19 days & 63 species including Raffle

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23 August 2026
Updating IUCN status of data deficient species?
22 August 2026
Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip
21 August 2026
How to find a pine marten?

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  1. Grayson Ponti on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip23 August 2026

    In my book nowhere tops East Africa (Kenya or Tanzania) for a first-time mammal watching trip. I would start with…

  2. Jim Vanderpoel on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip23 August 2026

    Sorry, I just re-read your comment and you mentioned January and February--you don't want to visit Yellowstone in winter. June…

  3. Jim Vanderpoel on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip23 August 2026

    I nominate Yellowstone National Park in the United States for first mammal trip. Easy to see lots of big game…

  4. Michael Johnson on Good places to go for my first mammal watching trip22 August 2026

    I agree with Jan, Africa (or at least southern and eastern Africa) would be my pick for a "first" mammal…

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21 August 2026
How to find a pine marten?
21 August 2026
First Trip to Japan (Honshu) in Nov/Dec – Advice on Target Species & Itinerary
21 August 2026
Queensland June/July 2026
19 August 2026
Large rodents of southeast Poland

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