Georgia and Armenia, August 2025
A three-week trip to Georgia and Armenia. Not dedicated and not the best time of the year, but my first mammal watching trip, with a few nice species and some practical information
Best possibilitiy for Snow Leopard sighting in Ladakh in octobre (and other mammals in Northern India)
Dear Mammalwatchers My wife and I have the chance to go to Northern India in autumn of 2025. First we will visit Ladakh and go for a longer trek to Zanskar. Our route goes from Leh
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