The Weekly Recap
Hello and welcome back to the weekly recap!
This week two reports from Sierra de Andujar were posted. The first is by Florent Prunier from January, during which he had great sightings of the region’s collared Iberian Lynx named Magarza as well as Palearctic Otters (a whole family!), Least Weasel and more!
The other was Tomer Ben-Yehuda’s trip this April, with a very photogenic Iberian Lynx surrounded by flowers, Iberian Ibex, European Wildcat and a few more classic European species.
Next is Whale Expeditions’ Humpback Whales of Tonga tour where they basically swam with and photographed the whales, which I am extremely jealous of. They even got to swim with 4 different mothers and calves! The report also has some gorgeous underwater photos so definitely check it out if you’re interested.
Whale Expeditions have also posted this report from a Monterey Bay whale watching watching trip during which they saw Humpbacks breaching and lunge-feeding, Risso’s Dolphins (my favourite!), and Sea Otters to name a few .
There were also two Cat Expeditions trip reports posted this week. The first is from Patagonia: amazing Puma photos, especially the one of a cub intensely concentrated on his bowel movement as well as a couple other species like the Guanaco and South American Grey Fox.
Their other report is of a Mongolia Snow Leopard expedition, with a Snow Leopard sighting from only 40 metres away and some stunning scenery.
Next is Cory Cravatta’s trip to Thailand, with Slow Loris, Dusky Leaf Monkeys, Binturong and even the recently habituated Jon Hall and Coke Smith in their natural habitat (drooling over a Malayan Sun Bear).
This Nature Travel Africa Namibia trip was very successful, with Ground Pangolin, Rock Hyrax, Black and White Rhinos and Straw-coloured Fruit Bat just to name a fraction of the species they saw.
Finally, this joint report from Charles Foley, Ian Thompson, Alex Meyer and my dad’s trip to Djibouti. Despite a rather rocky start leading to tuna murder fantasies, they had a great time and saw their “Big 4”: Beira, Somali Sengi, Maned Rat and Abyssinian Genet.
If reading about this extensive list of trips has inspired you, then a couple new ones are up for joining. An option is southern Thailand in August 2025 with Jirayu Elul and my dad, looking for Banded Linsang, bats and who knows what else! Otherwise, you can join Middle Africa’s Bonobo trip to the DRC in early September 2026.
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Thanks for reading:)
Katy
Cover photo: Humpbacks – Whale Expeditions
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