Alpine Long-eared Bats in the South of France
Over Easter I took my kids down to Toulon in the south of France to stay with my friends Jean-Michel and Mary Bompar http://bompar-photo-nature.fr/. The weather wasn’t great.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
A free eBook from Project Gutenberg, http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19550 Published in 1884. Interesting on many different levels, IMO. Especially the cats. John
seeing golden lion tamarin
Hi Hi At the risk of taking over this forum with requests for information, has anyone been to the golden lion tamarin reintroduction site near Rio? I’m quite keen to go if yo
New Trip Report – Qinlings 2011
Coke, Som and Cokie Smith just got back from a very cold week in the Qinlings and saw a Panda along with many other things and took some great photos. The report is here http://cok
Mammal watching in the Carpathian mountains.
Hi all. Has anyone tried Mammal watching in the Carpathian mountains, Romania? I know Naturetrek do a wolf, bear and lynx trip there. I’m doing it independently in June. If a
A Hollywood Twitch
OK its birds… but the song remains the same. And I’m excited jon THE BIG YEAR – starring Owen Wilson, Jack Black and Steve Martin, follows three avid bird watchers co
Way Kambas Sumatra
Hi, We are planning to visit next august Sumatra, but we cannot make up our minds yeat about Way Kambas..Way Kambas seems to hoast a lot of mammals, but we read quite a few negati
New Trip Report – Estonia
At the very start of April I returned to Hiiumaa for a weekend to join the annual trapping survey for European Mink. Winter had lasted longer than usual and many of the rivers were
Tenrec video from the BBC
The video is in English, even if the text is French, but this is a nice clip of Tenrecs communicating with their quills http://www.maxisciences.com/animal/de-surprenants-petits-ani
Tiger Numbers Increase in India
Good news.. or apparently so… http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110328131310.htm Jon