Introducing Gerdame United: Save The Dibatag
After we got back from the Somali Region of Ethiopia a year ago, Charles Foley, Alex Meyer, Ian Thompson and I wondered how we might help conservation around the tiny village of Ge
Ethiopia
I visited Ethiopia in 2007, 2008 and again in 2024 for a fabulous week in the Somali Region.
New Mammalwatching Podcast Episode: The Horn of Africa
In the first podcast episode of 2025 Charles and I talk about our December 2024 trip to Ethiopia’s Somali Region and Djibouti (trip report coming soon). From Dik-diks to Diba
Weekend in Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains
In December 2024 I spent a weekend in the Bale Mountains before meeting my friends for a trip to Ethiopia’s Somali Region in search of Dibatag. Håkan Pohlstrand who guided f
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
New Trip Reports: Somaliland and Ethiopian Somali Region
Here are two reports from Hakan Pohlstrand covering trips to the Horn of Africa at the start of this year. Ethiopian Somali Region: Hakan Pohlstran, 8 days & 13 species includi
3 seasons in Ethiopia, 46 days on the highlands / January 2021, May 2022, January 2024
I have traveled to Ethiopia 3 times in recent years to carry out a large photographic project. This totals 46 days spent there. 34 species of mammals and 169 species of birds were
New Trip Report: Ethiopia
Ian Thompson had an adventure in troubled Ethiopia at the end of 2021. While he was mammalwatching, his binoculars auditioned for the starring role in the remake of The Terminal. A
New Book Review: Mammals of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia
So this is exciting. Trevor Jenner has just filled a gaping hole in the mammal fieldguide landscape, with his guide to the larger mammals of the Horn of Africa. Though it doesnR
New Trip Report: Somaliland and the Ogaden
Here’s a fascinating report from Andy Holman. If anyone else has been to this region I would love to get a report! Somaliland and the Ogaden, 2018: Andrew Holman, 2 weeks &am