How to find a pine marten?
I live in Ireland, and while I have an Ardnamurchan Peninsula trip planned in a few weeks, I would also love to see pine martens in my home country. There is a hide in the Slieve B
Large rodents of southeast Poland
A short trip to southeast Poland targeting Podolian Ground Squirrel and Common Hamster. The hamsters were surprisingly easy, the ground squirrels surprisingly tricky. GPS coordinat
Mammalwatching Around Salzburg, Austria?
Hi everyone! I’ll be going with my wife and child on a family (non-mammalwatching) trip to Austria next week, where we’ll spend 5 nights in Salzburg and 1 in Vienna. Of
Madeira, July 2026
I spent the last few days of July in Funchal, Madeira looking for cetaceans with mammalwatchers Charles Hood and Seva Rudyi plus my buddy Sion Hughes (not yet a mammalwatcher but h
Saimaa Seals in Finland, July 2026
I spent most of July with my kids – not looking for mammals – on what some might describe as a ‘normal’ holiday. I took this as a learning experience .. and
Ardnamurchan/Isle of Mull tips
Hi guys! I’ll be heading to the Ardnamurchan Peninsula and the Isle of Mull for a few days in early/mid September. The planned route will look something like that shown in th
A quick note on Mediterranean Monk Seals
Because there aren’t a lot of recent reports, I thought I would do a quick summary of how to see the Mediterranean Monk Seal in a pretty reliable spot not far from Athens. The lo
RFI: Svalbard
Hi, Everyone! My wife and I are thinking of taking a small-ship wildlife cruise to Svalbard next year. We are not, first and foremost, photographers but prefer above all to observe
Advice for Iberian lynx watching in October 2026 in Sierra de Andújar
My husband and I are traveling to Andulucia in mid-October. We’re planning to spend ~4 nights around the Sierra de Andújar to photograph the Iberian lynx. I recognize this i
Pelagos Sanctuary: The Best Whale Watching in the Mediterranean Sea
This report covers four whale-watching trips in the Pelagos Sanctuary, one of the main cetacean hotspots in the Mediterranean Sea, departing from the Italian coast with Golfo Parad