Western Ghats, February 2025
A 11 day visit to the southern Western Ghats was typically productive for a number of mammal endemics among 28 identified species and a handful of bats on the wing. Talking of wing
Western Ghats, January 2024
I spent an excellent week in the Western Ghats with Ravi Kailas with 21 species including lion-tailed macaque, giant indian flying squirrel, tiger and and unusual leopard encounter
Southern India, January 2023
A slightly belated report from the start of the year, when I spent a couple of weeks mopping up on birds and mammals I hadn’t seen on previous visits to India, The ground arr
Kabini Tour Report- 27th January to 3rd February 2023
Nagarahole national park, locally called as Kabini is one of the best parks in India to track and photograph Tigers, Leopards and Elephants. Kabini forest mainly consists of moist
Sloth Bear & Grizzled Giant Squirrel, Cauvery WLS, Aug 2021
A brief visit to the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in early August was productive for 3 different, daytime (late evening and morning) sightings of Sloth Bear, all with cubs. It appear
Western Ghats: Lion-tailed Macaque, Brown Palm Civet and other endemic mammals, a trip report
Please see http://ficustours.blogspot.com/2020/03/western-ghats-lion-tailed-macaque-brown.html for full report A brief, mammal watching oriented guided tour, with a focus on ende
Sighting Records of Nilgiri Marten
Hello all, I have been lucky enough to see among south India’s most elusive (and endemic to the region as well) mammals, the Nilgiri Marten, twice. Sharing a brief report and
Western Ghats Spring 2018
This is a report based on a guided mammal/birdwatching oriented trip to various locations in the Western Ghats of south India this spring Dates: 25th March to 7th April 2018 (guid