New Trip Report: Sichuan and the Tibetan Plateau
Tibet doesn’t get any better than this. Great photos too. Sichuan and the Tibetan Plateau, 2020: China Mammal Tour, 3 weeks & 29 species including Snow Leopard, two sep
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
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
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
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
Predator Watching in Finland
I have still not given up hope to return to Africa in July this year. However, “hope for the best, plan for the worst”, as one of my favorite novel character has a habi
Kri-kri
Did you know that this “smallest wild goat” lives on at least ten different islands in the Aegean archipelagos? That you can also observe it near Athens? And that it once was s
i search guides for Flying squirrel in east Finland
Hello, I go beginning of july to Finland with a small group (i hope, if the borders are open). For east Finland i search a good guide for guiding a excursion for flying squirrels (
New Trip Reports: California, plus Lynxes in Spain and Minnesota
Here are three mammal-friendly reports from Wise Birding Minnesota, 2020: Wise Birding, 10 days & 10 species Canada Lynx. California, 2020: Wise Birding, 11 days & 25 spec
Afghanistan, 2020
No, I haven’t been there. But during my trip to Tajikistan I had the chance to look across the border every day, got an impression how life is over there and even saw some an