Looking for Dibatags in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, 2024
The Horn of Africa is a mammalwatching bucket list destination. Home to top-shelf endemics – including Dibatag, Beira and African Wild Ass – it remains a little known r
Madagascar, November 2024
Here’s a report from a four-week trip we made to Madagascar in November 2024, focusing on the Masoala Peninsula and the south of the island. As usual, Madagascar delivered in
Ecuador July 2024
Hi everyone, I dragged my feet for way too long on sharing this report. I was in Ecuador this past summer for about two weeks with a wide variety of targets spread out over both si
Sichuan and quick stops in Lijiang and Nanjing, December 2024
When I visited Sichuan in 2009 I had very little information about the mammalwatching there. I enjoyed my week but a few years later it was clear that I had to return. Trip reports
Madagascar 2024
Keith Barnes from Enigmatic Wildlife Tours (which is a sister company to Tropical Birding) asked me to post this report from their recent Madagascar tour, featuring 48 species incl
China 2024
This is not your normal trip report, yes I saw 35 different kind of mammals( 32 lifers), 110 different birds, China scenery was fabulous and the people friendly. But it was the peo
Tasmania 2024/2025
Hi all, this a trip report for a recent visit to Tasmania I did with my family between the 28th of December and the 9th of January. I found 20 species of mammal, including a heard
Panama, or how I discovered the Neotropics
My first trip to the Neotropics, Panama was chosen for personal reasons but proved to be an exceptional experience over 16 days. 29 mammals seen, including water opossums, Northern
Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand, January 2025
Twenty years ago if I told someone I was a ‘mammalwatcher’ I would invariably be met by a perplexed look that radiated concern for my mental health. How things have cha
Trip to Botswana October 2024
Having benefited from many reports I have finally submitted one of my own.