Chinese Desert/Mountain Cat (Felis bieti) in Sichuan
Michel Watelet from Belgium just wrote to say he’s back from a great trip in Sichuan with 3 friends (trip report to follow) and he saw a Chinese Mountain Cat. “I found
China – New Version of an Old Field Guide
Well oldish anyway … Murray Lord let me know that the really excellent 2008 guide to the Mammals of China (Princeton) by Smith and Xie has just been released as a pocket fiel
New Report: A Hungarian Wet Weekend
Bódva Valley I returned to Hungary for a weekend in mid May. Balazs Szigeti who I travelled with last time was busy, so he fixed me up with Sandor Boldogh who works at Aggtelek Na
Iberian Lynx photographed in Portugal for the first time since 2010
Or so Cornelis Hazevoet tells me… I don’t read Portugese which is what the article is written in http://www.publico.pt/ecosfera/noticia/o-linceiberico-hongo-foi-passear
Why the lynx effect would send Scotland wild
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/02/lynx-scotland-wild-kevin-mckenna Jon
Big Bend, 2013
I first visited Big Bend NP for a couple of days in 1998. I returned 15 years later in May 2013 to catch bats with a team from Angelo State University. Fiona Reid introduced me t
African Wolf discovered in Morocco
Video of two African wolves (Canis lupus lupaster) filmed for the first time in the Rif Mountains (northern Morocco) http://moroccanbirds.blogspot.com/2012/08/African-Wolf-discover
Bison return to Germany after 300 year absence
Earlier this month, officials took down a fence allowing the first herd of European bison (Bison bonasus) to enter the forests freely in Germany in over 300 years, reports Wildlife
Amur Leopard population appears to be rising
Amur leopard population rises to 50 animals, but at risk from tigers, poachers Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0409-hance-amur-leopard-fifty.html#IXcs917HGz6ei1XA.99 Jon
New Trip Report – Xinjiang, China
An awesome new report… Xinjiang, 2013: Coke Smith, a week or so & 9 species and a couple of subspecies. An extraordiary trip through some seriously remote country and inc