1 July 2025

Uganda, 7–19 June 2025

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Uganda, 7–19 June 2025

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Robert Crawford
Born in Kenya in 1948; grew up on a farm on the slopes of Mt Elgon. Moved with family to South Africa in 1966. Married Phyllis in 1973; have two sons, Peter and David. Both are married and have three children. Worked in the Benguela upwelling ecosystem, South Africa’s Prince Edward Islands and Antarctica for > 50 years. Have always been fascinated by mammals and birds.
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4 Comments

  • 1 July 2025
    Jon Hall

    Thanks Robert and congratulations on that Golden Cat especially!

  • 5 July 2025
    tomeslice

    Hey Robert, great report!!
    Are we sure that genet is a giant genet?
    I thought it was never-before recorded in Uganda,

    • 5 July 2025
      tomeslice

      Sorry – for some reason there’s no water to update my own comment, and i accidentally pressed “post comment” prematurely.

      OK, I meant to say that it hasn’t been recorded in that area of Uganda, and it’s considered a super-rare species.
      Is there a consensus that the genet in the picture is, indeed, a giant genet?

  • 11 July 2025
    tbutynski

    I enjoyed running thru the list of species in this nice report. Yes, congratulations of seeing that golden cat. Looks very much like a Rusty-spotted genet to me—Genetta maculata. There are no validated records for Galagoides demidoff for Kibale or Bwindi. Likely that, of the dwarf galagos, you only saw Galagoides thomasi…which is common in Kibale.

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