New Trip Report: Bulgaria & Romania
And here is a second new report from Romain Bocquier. Bulgaria & Romania, 2016: 3 weeks & 16 species including Edible Dormouse, Pine Marten, Brown Bear and European Free-ta
New Trip Report: Spitzbergen, 2016
Here’s a new report from Romain Bocquier. Svalbard, 2016: 10 Days on and around Svalbard and 12 species including Harp Seal, Polar Bear and Beluga. Jon
Mongolia, 2016 Trip Report
In 2006 I saw footage of Bactrian Camels in the Mongolian Gobi Desert on the BBC’s Planet Earth series. Oh how I wanted to go. And then I heard the details about how long and c
lynx – another big hit
Earlier this year we experienced great Eurasian lynx encounters in Poland ( cfr previous post), last week we did the same with Iberian lynx in Spain. At both remaining strongholds
Karasu beaked whales – a possible sighting
My friend Olga Filatova (one of the co-discoverers of karasu beaked whale) has returned from an expedition searching for them around the Kuril Islands, and got some possible photos
Amami Island & Tateshina Trip Report, Japan 2016
In August 2016 a work trip to Tokyo gave me a very welcome opportunity to return to Japan. Although I was working I was able to squeeze in a night on Amami Island as soon as I ar
Again Eurasian lynxes this spring in Poland
Since three years www.europesbig5.com is active and productive in locating Eurasian lynxes down town Bieszczady; without doubt one of Europe’s most desolate, remote and vast
Wolves in Spain
Hi all It seems like the Picos/Cantabrian mountains are now ‘the place’ to see wolf in southern Europe. Has anyone out there had any luck independently? It’s a po
New Trip Report: Taiwan, Korea and Japan
I waited 10 years for the first Taiwanese trip report, and got a second a day later, though this one also includes Korea and Japan. Taiwan, Korea and Japan 2016: Dominque Brugiere,
Pallas’s Cats near Qinghai Lake, China
Jon Hall suggested I post an account of a recent encounter with Pallas’s Cats in Qinghai Province, China. Below is a write-up of the morning with a couple of accompanying p