The Weekly Recap
Hello and welcome back to the weekly recap!
The first trip report of the week was of the first ever Cat Expeditions trip to Estonia for Eurasian Lynx! They managed to photograph 5 individuals and had an amazing sighting of a mother and her kitten hunting together and then apparently contemplating life for a while, with the father too.
Next is Ian Thompson’s 3 week trip to Chile and Argentina back in February featuring 34 species including Southern Pudu, Elegant Fat-tailed Opossum, Lesser Grison and many adorable rodent close-ups.
This report from Stephen Kaye’s day in Singapore saw Raffles’ Banded Langur, Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat, Smooth Coated Otter and an impressive amount more for just one day!
Next we have Royle Safaris’ trip to Borneo from last August where they saw 57 species including Sunda Clouded Leopard, Sun Bear, Sunda Pangolin and an Otter Civet!
Cheryl Antonucci’s trip to Peru a few weeks ago was a continuation of her quest to see all of the Neotropical primates, and she made some great progress with species like Andean Saddleback Tamarin, Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey and Isabel’s Saki Monkey.
The next report is of Jan Ebr’s short trip to Cyprus, where he saw 8 species, mainly rodents and bats such as Schreiber’s Long-fingered Bat and Hovel’s Myotis.
Finally, my dad’s recent trip to Romania proved to be a somewhat transcendental experience of staring at empty holes for hours on end, but it was all worth it as he did manage to see the Lesser Blind Mole-rat, Bukovina Blind Mole-rat, a brief Mehely’s Mole-rat and even come up with a full movie script! It’s fascinating what mammalwatching does to a man…
If these tales of slowly losing your mind over elusive rodents have inspired you, then why not join a trip of your own! Royle Safaris are heading to Qinghai, China (Snow Leopards, Pallas’ Cat, Chinese Mountain Cat…) this July and there is one spot left. Alex Meyer is heading to Baja California Sur, Mexico in June to look for Dwarf Sperm Whales and has a few more spots available on the boat. And finally, if you want to a leaf out of Cheryl Antonucci’s book and see sole Neotropical primates, there is a discounted primate and parrots cruise in the Amazon with WildWings in May 2026 with chances for Golden-white Tassel-ear Marmoset, Amazon Black Howler, Linnaeus’s Two-toed Sloths and Cuvier’s Spiny Rat.
Jean-Michel spotted what he thinks are Striped Hyena footprints in southern Morocco and would like some other opinions on ID!
“Platypus” is about to buy their first thermal scope (big moment!) and is wondering how easy it will be to travel with and which countries allow them.
And finally, check out this review of Habitats of Africa: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists by Ken Behrens, Keith Barnes and Iain Campbell, Africa’s first major guide to land habitats.
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Thanks for reading:)
Katy
Cover photo: “Get out of my mound”, Bukovina Blind Mole-rat- Jon Hall
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