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6 June 2022
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Book Review: Stuarts’ Field Guide to National Parks & Game Reserves of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi

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

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20 November 2020
AfricaGear Review
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New Book Review: Mammals of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia

So this is exciting. Trevor Jenner has just filled a gaping hole in the mammal fieldguide landscape, with his guide to the larger mammals of the Horn of Africa. Though it doesn&#82

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23 October 2020
Gear ReviewUncategorised
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New Book: Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World

Now this is exciting. The brand new Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World just arrived and it is a thing of beauty. This two volume set covers more than 6550 mammal spe

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22 September 2020
Gear ReviewOriental

Book Review: Asia’s Wildlife – A Journey to the Forests of Hope

Bjorn Olesen very kindly sent me a copy of his book Asia’s Wildlife A Journey to the Forests of Hope as he guessed I might be in the mood for some armchair travel. This is a

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21 September 2020
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Book Review: Felids and Hyenas of the World, José R. Castelló (Princeton Field Guide)

José R. Castelló’s latest book has just arrived and it is every bit as good as I expected. The publishers claim it is “The most comprehensive and user-friendly photog

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15 September 2020
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Book Review: Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Checklist)

Back in March I reviewed the first of the Lynx Illustrated Checklists, that covered the mammals of southern South America, Lynx have now released the second book covering Southern

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24 March 2020
Gear Review

Mammal Listing Software: Scythebill

If you have a mammal list then the chances are you might be giving it a bit of a spring clean during all this time at home. So now might be the perfect time to think about how you

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21 March 2020
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Book Review: Mammals of the Southern Cone (Lynx Illustrated Checklist)

What to do you do when you have just spent 10 years preparing the most ambitious and comprehensive set of books ever on the world’s mammals? Take a long holiday would be my s

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20 February 2020
Gear ReviewUncategorised

What does using a heat scope look like?

Here’s an interesting post from Charles Hood. I have done a before and after shot of a fake mouse, first by torch and then by heat scope, for those of us who have not used on

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7 February 2020
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App Review: Guide to the Mammals of Europe from Chris and Mathilde Stuart

There are many mysteries in life. What is the universe expanding into? How can time pass more slowly at the top of a mountain than at the bottom? Why was the ending of Games of Thr

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