New Trip Report: Spain and France
Vladimir Dinets just got back from a month in Spain and France and – as usual – saw a whole load of stuff. Here’s his report. France, Andorra, Spain & Gibralt
New Trip Reports: Arctic Bay (Baffin) and Georgia & Armenia
Hi and sorry for not being able to post reports for the past few weeks. I’m back home and starting to catch up now with a couple of reports. There are more to follow. A great
Turkey Trip Report
I spent ten days looking for mammals and birds in southern Turkey last month. I rented a car in Adana and drove to various sites, including those around Aladagar, Birecik, and Sili
New trip reports Poland & Ranthambore
Bieszczady, 2014: Jan Kelchtermans account of 9 days in the mountains with sightings of Bison and Wolf plus hearing a Lynx. Ranthambore, 2014: Avi Sarkel’s account of a few d
Chinese fishermen film an Amur Tiger’s international swim
Unusual footage of a Tiger swimmings 300+ metres from Russia to China http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/Swimming-tiger.html#cr Jon
Conservation Status of Large European Carnivores
With thanks to Nicolas Gaidet who recommended I post this ….I was surprised and pleased to see such a positive assessment for several species in several countries Jon In 2012
Fin Whale Breach
This video shows an unusual sight of a Fin Whale breaching (the second biggest animal ever to have lived on the planet) off of Gibraltar. Check out the breach in the first few seco
New Trip Report – Croatia & Italy; Last Stand for US Ocelots?
Mike Richardson and Sarah Winch just got back from a road trip through Italy to Croatia and sent me a great report. Italy and Croatia, 2014: Mike Richardson & Sarah Winch, 8 da
New Trip Reports from Hugh Buck: Colombia, China, Estonia and Colorado
Hugh Buck just sent me a bunch of trip reports. The trips were primarily birding tours but he got some nice mammal by-catch Colombia, 2014: A month’s birding trip with 18 mam
Last colony of “invasive” Black Rats to be exterminated in the UK
John Dixon sent me this article on a project to exterminate Rattus rattus from some Hebridean islands (off of Scotland) http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/eu-gives-450000