Alpine Long-eared Bats in the South of France
Over Easter I took my kids down to Toulon in the south of France to stay with my friends Jean-Michel and Mary Bompar http://bompar-photo-nature.fr/. The weather wasn’t great.
New Trip Report – Qinlings 2011
Coke, Som and Cokie Smith just got back from a very cold week in the Qinlings and saw a Panda along with many other things and took some great photos. The report is here http://cok
Mammal watching in the Carpathian mountains.
Hi all. Has anyone tried Mammal watching in the Carpathian mountains, Romania? I know Naturetrek do a wolf, bear and lynx trip there. I’m doing it independently in June. If a
New Trip Report – Estonia
At the very start of April I returned to Hiiumaa for a weekend to join the annual trapping survey for European Mink. Winter had lasted longer than usual and many of the rivers were
New Trip Report – Yunnan Primates
Coke Smith and his family have just got back from Yunnan and managed to see a lot more than I thought possible including Black-crested Gibbons, Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkeys and Phayre
RFI – mid Italy mammals
Vladimir Dinets asked me to post this on his behalf ….Jon Dear All, I’ll be in Italy for three weeks in May, in the area between Rome and Venice. I’d really like
Polar Bear’s Epic 9 Day Swim
This is interesting Polar bear’s feat of endurance could reveal the potential impacts of climate change. http://blog.arkive.org/2011/01/polar-bear-nine-day-swim/
Wolf and Elk in Estonia
This is a nice video that Triin Ivandi in Estonia sent me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK3U6u1wtZI And a little background is here http://natourest.ee/index.php?option=com_conten
New Trip Report – Lynx in Bialoweiza, Poland
Steve Morgan and Phil Telfer were in Bialoweiza a week ago and saw a Eurasian Lynx. Steve’s report here And now I am heading to Sri Lanka to look for Fishing Cats and Golden
The Tiger by John Vaillant
I read a lot of natural history books. There aren’t many as good as this one. John Vaillant’s The Tiger is the story of poachers and a “vengeful” tiger in t