Taiwan, March 2024
A trip report of a self-organized trip to Taiwan. Spend 3 weeks driving around the country. In total 12 species of mammal were seen, including Taiwan Serow, Taiwan Giant Flying Squ
New Podcast Episode: Nachiket Kelkar and Kadambari Deshpande (India)
In this month’s podcast Charles and I speak to conservation power couple Nachiket Kelkar and Kadambari Deshpande from their home in Bangalore. Kadambari and Nachiket both
Singapore, 2025
I recently spent 4 days in Singapore, on my way back to Australia. The trip was mostly successful with 14 mammal, 19 herp, and 57 bird species observed. Highlights were Sunda Colug
Thailand’s Deep South: Banded Linsang and more, 2025
When Jirayu ‘Tour’ Ekkul from Wild Encounter Thailand told me that he thought he had found a reliable site for Banded Linsang I was fascinated. This beautiful small car
Japan Trip Report, April 2025
A three-week trip to Japan, focused in part on cultural sites, but with some interesting wildlife along the way. Featuring some great Japanese endemics such as Amami Rabbit, Japane
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Sabah, 2025: Some ‘New’ Sites
Borneo ticked all the boxes. I wanted to spend a week with my kids somewhere close to Australia. My son Patrick would love the herps and insects. Kylie, his partner, was fully on b
Trip Report – Sichuan Mammals Tour – Royle Safaris – March 2025 (Group 1)
Royle Safaris was back in Sichuan looking for mammals in spring 2025, we ran 5 tours in all, there will be other reports published and all but one were successful in seeing Giant P
Sunda Clouded Leopards: Some Remarkable Videos
Mike Gordon, Borneo mammal guide par excellence, sent me a couple of cell phone clips of Sunda Clouded Leopards in Borneo. What they lack in high definition they make up for in b
Singapore layover, July 2025
I spent two days in Singapore last month and went in search of two mammals: Sunda Pangolin and Raffles’s Banded Langur. Sunda Pangolin Search Singapore must now rank as the b