Mammal Watching Forum

The gnusletter is the Antelope Specialist Group’s newsletter from the IUCN and might be of interest to some, especially Charles Foley’s account of his Abbott’s Duiker, which you will have seen here first. Whoever came up with this title at the IUCN ought to get the “Dad joke of the year” award. Love it. Though I am now in danger […]

Brad Blood is preparing a book on the terrestrial mammals of southern California and the eastern & southern Sierra Nevada. He is looking for photographs he can use of these species, preferably from California, or somewhere close by (though this is not a hard and fast requirement). He is not taking a profit off the book, but instead is donating […]

Here’s a new report from Andreas Jonsson who is just back from an interesting trip to Alta Floresta and Rio Grande Do Sul Alta Floresta and Rio Grande Do Sul, 2022: Andreas Jonsson, 2 weeks & 28 species including Southern Tigrina, Geoffroy’s Cat, Red-handed Howler Monkey, Groves’s Titi Monkey and Emilia’s Marmoset. Jon  

Hi all, I’ve just uploaded a report from a fun visit to Costa Rica in March with Alex Meyer: https://www.mammalwatching.com/wp-content/uploads/CR_TR_AMVS_Mar22-compressed.pdf We saw a remarkable ~72 species, with highlights including Alston’s Mouse Opossum, Central American Silky Anteater, Chiriqui Harvest Mouse, and over 45 species of bats – with Smoky Bat, Northern Ghost Bat, Thumbless Bat, and 2 Disc-winged Bat species at […]

One of the few times something new and mammal-related crosses my work desk! Camera trap research indicates that non-flying mammals use caves far more than previously expected, including carnivores such as fox, jaguar, puma and ocelot. Use of cenotes and the cave environment by mammals on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico Karl Vernes, Fred Devos First published: 31 May 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13111 […]

Royle Safaris have had a late cancellation on their trip to Bolivia to  Jaguarland and Kaa Iya National Park, where the focus is on jaguars, pumas, ocelots and jaguarundis, though of course there is a wealth of other wildlife to be seen too. October 14-23 one space available and the price is GBP £3,090 inclusive of the single supplement which […]

I have finally decided that it might be safe to commit to some travel next year …. and so I’m looking for people to join us on small group trips to two very exciting mammal destinations. Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea Chad: Zakouma National Park and the Sahara If you’d like more information on either trip please write to me […]

And here is another Turkey report, this time from Jan Ebr who saw some reallyt interesting stuff in May: proving beyond doubt that Turkey is a destination that deserves more mammalwatching attention. Turkey, 2022: Jan Ebr, 18 days & 17+ species including Nehring’s Molerat, Trans-caucasion Mole-Vole, Woolly Dormouse and Marbled Polecat. Jon

A short report from Martin Royle who proves you can still mammalwatch in the Maldives from a luxury resort (and while on honeymoon!) Maldives Honeymoon, 2022: Martin Royle, with 5 species including Island Flying Fox & Striped Dolphins. Jon  

Here’s a new report from Juan Luis Ortega Herranz. Ecuador, 2022: Juan Luis Ortega Herranz, 11 days & 29 species including Spectacled Bear, Pygmy Marmoset and Mountain Coati.   Jon

Hello Mammal Watchers, I am planning a vacation around Naples, Italy and want to spend a few days Mammal Watching in Abruzzo, with hopes to see a Marsican Brown Bear (would also look forother mammals including and not limited to  Wolves, Chamois, Dormice and Otters). For those of you who have been there – are guided tours necessary or of […]

I just had a short stopover in Qatar. Since there are no trip reports from there yet, I wrote a short one: Qatar, June 13-14 2022, 9 species including desert long-eared bat.

Here’s a new report from Daan Drukker. Lykia & the Taurus Mountains, 2022: Daan Drukker, 9 days & 11 species including Taurus Ground Squirrel, Wild Goat and Egyptian Fruit Bat. Jon

You may have missed 2.5 episodes of the podcast that I haven’t posted about.  You can stream them here https://www.mammalwatching.com/podcast/ or download them on various podcast platforms. In episode 25, we interviewed Tony Friend, legendary West Australian mammalogist. He talks about almost 40 years of work to save some of West Australia’s iconic and wonderfully-named mammals including species like the […]

Here’s a short report from Ben Balmford covering a couple of days around Miami. Miami, 2022: Ben Balmford, 2 days & 6 species including Marsh Rabbit, Manatee and Eastern Woodrat. Jon

Here’s a short report from Jilly Hancock who was in Sri Lanka recently and had a great time. ———————————————- I travelled to Sri Lanka at the end of March a trip organised by Jonathan at Reef & Rainforest Tours and the Bird and Wildlife team in Colombo, with the brilliant guide Dulan Ranga. I am primarily a feline addict, looking […]

Dear all I’m looking forward to meeting some of you in a beautiful part of Spain at the end of September. There are still places available so if you are still thinking about coming then please do! Some more information about the meeting and field trip, plus a registration form are available on the Felis website here Mammalwatching meeting | […]

If you are old to remember mammalwatching in the 1990s you might also remember how you used to plan trips. Before the internet, before emails,  before Google translate. I honestly have no idea how I managed even to leave the house. But I do seem to remember books played an integral part in deciding where to go and how to […]

Mini trip report Oregon May 2022

Here’s a second 2020 report from Curtis Hart. Palawan, Cebu and Bohol, 2020: Curtis Hart, 4 weeks & 17 species including Philippine Colugo, Palawan Flying Squirrel and Dugong. Jon