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9 June 2020
Oriental
IndonesiaSulawesi

New Trip Report: Remote Sulawesi

Here’s another fascinating report from Carlos Bocos. Remote Sulawesi, 2019: Carlos Bocos, 3 weeks & 34 species including Stripe-faced Fruit Bat, Pallas’s Tube-nosed

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8 June 2020
Africa
identification help

Help with identification of a hare in Kruger NP

Can anyone please help me identify this hare photographed in northern Kruger National Park on 16 Dec 2013? It has a remarkably well-marked face pattern (like Riverine Rabbit?) Than

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6 June 2020
Europe and the Palearctic
catsEurasian lynxEuropelynxswitzerland

Eurasian Lynx

I recently had a nice sighting of European Lynx near Basel, Switzerland. It showed itself for about an hour down to 5 meters. For a time, it was hooted at by two Tawny Owls. Unfort

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2 June 2020
AustralasiaOriental
IndonesiaMoluccas

New Trip Report: The Moluccas

Here’s a report I was looking forward to: it is not often a report comes in that includes so many species I haven’t seen. The Moluccas, 2019: Carlos Bocos, 3 weeks &amp

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31 May 2020
Europe and the Palearctic
Spain

Animal Droppings from Spain for ID

Hi all, Jonny Hodgson sent me these poo pics and wondered what species dropped them. I thought maybe a hedgehog, a large lizard or maybe a large amphibian … all of which are

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30 May 2020
Uncategorised
General Mammal Watching

New mammal family web pages

[Posted on behalf of Don Roberson] I followed Jon Hall’s recommendation to spend the first months of the Covid-19 lockdown by entering all the mammals I’d seen in Scythebill, w

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30 May 2020
Uncategorised
thermal imager

How do you use your thermal imager to find wildlife?

I know that quite a few of us now own thermal imagers and use them regularly while mammal watching. However, I think it’s fair to say that they are not always the easiest devices

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29 May 2020
Europe and the Palearctic
Meriones meridianusmeriones psammophilus; Meriones tamariscinus

Meriones Gerbils In Mongolia: taxonomy and tails

I have published a post “Meriones Gerbils in Mongolia: taxonomy and tails” covering some notes and photos which I put together in the process of trying to identify some gerbils

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29 May 2020
Europe and the Palearctic
Poland

Four years in Poland

I have been “living in Poland” for almost four years by now and thought people might be interested in what kind of experience a very bad mammalwatcher has in this count

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28 May 2020
Africa
Zimbabwe

New Trip Report: Mana Pools, Zimbabwe

Another report from Tom Clode, this time from one of my favourite national parks anywhere – Mana Pools.  It has been nearly 30 years since I was there and I’m relieved

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16 July 2025
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  1. carla_p on Review: Thermal Master T2 Max Thermal Camera (with laser pointer)22 July 2025

    Thanks Jon! Much appreciated.

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    Hi, Svante, I have already posted this comment once but it did not appear even after a few hours so…

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    I have made several (5+) African trips (mostly in Kenya but also Uganda) with Anthony from Entice Africa Safaris. His…

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