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6 January 2025
AsiaWorld’s Best Mammalwatching
ChinaOrientalPalearctic

China

I have been to China four times but I have barely scratched the surface.  The country is huge, of course, and hugely diverse. The mammalwatcing is fantastic in Sichuan and Qinghai

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28 April 2024
Europe
HollandNetherlandsPalearctic

The Netherlands

I haven't looked for mammals in Holland, but I've included community reports from those that have.

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15 September 2023
Europe
PalearcticPortugalThe Azores

The Azores

The Azores offer some of Europe's best whale watching. In the summer you can expect to see a good diversity of species including - if you get good weather - beaked whales.

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14 February 2023
AsiaWorld’s Best Mammalwatching
AsiaMongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia is a fabulous, empty adventure of a country. My 2 weeks here in September 2016 was one of my best ever trips, with 45 species in 15 nights.

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7 September 2022
Europe
EuropeGeorgia

Georgia

Georgia is a spectacularly beautiful country, with great food and friendly people. More importantly it is the best place to see two fabulous mountain goats: the Eastern and Western

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Romanian Hamster Mesocricetus newtoni
7 September 2022
Europe
BulgariaEurope

Bulgaria

I took trips to Bulgaria in 2020 and 2022, focussing on finding two of the country's rarest small mammals: Mouse-tailed Dormouse and Romanian Hamster.

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Lynx2 slr camera trap image by Zoltan Nagy
20 March 2022
Europe
EuropeRomania

Romania

I spent a week in Transylvania in March 2022 looking for Eurasian Lynx on a Sakertours trip. And I returned in 2025 for Sakertours's inaugural mole-rat safari,

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Taiwanese Macaque Macaca cyclopis
16 August 2017
Asia
AsiaTaiwan

Taiwan

I spent a week in Taiwan in August 2017. The country is not at all what I imagined: far more forest, mountains and mammals.I returned for two nights in July 2018. Dasyeushan Nation

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Albania Blue Eye
27 April 2017
Europe
AlbaniaEurope

Albania

I spent a couple of nights in Albania in April 2019 on a road trip with my daughter. I was not allowed to spend a lot of time looking for mammals – if you have met Katy you w

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Japanese Serow
21 September 2016
Asia
AsiaJapan

Japan

I hadn't thought about visiting Japan for tourism or mammals,and was under the impression it was largely built up and totally expensive. But when I started reading about the place,

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  1. Asanoth on RFI Thailand17 May 2025

    There are two distinct wildlife zones in Thailand: Indochinese in the centre-north and Sunda in the south (my terminology). I…

  2. Michal on Thermal Scope Country Restrictions17 May 2025

    Oman restricts importation of thermal scopes. In Muscat at the airport it is checked quite thoroughly, especially in hand luggage.…

  3. Paul Carter on Thermal Scope Country Restrictions15 May 2025

    Regarding the Nepal comments on thermal scopes in national parks (2022) note that it was only when I went into…

  4. Flemming058 on RFI Thailand13 May 2025

    Hi David, I have been to Vietnam and Cambodia in 2023 and the mammalwatching was quite frankly a bit of…

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