Antalya Province, Türkiye – April 2024
In April 2024 we travelled to Antalya for a conference and decided to add some wildlife watching to the trip. On a simple itinerary, without a lot of travelling, we managed to find
Hamster in Turkey
Does anyone know what Hamster species this might be? Or indeed is it a hamster at all? Photographed in Southwestern Turkey at around 1000m in saline steppe. Colonial. Doesn’t
baby rodent in southwest turkey
found this 2.5cm long baby lying in a cattle hoofprint where I live in the southwest of Turkey. Location is Kas, three hours west of Antalya. The blunt muzzle, if its not something
Turkey, 1993 & 2023
Here’s a combined report for two trips to central and southern Turkey, 30 years apart. 35 species including 2 endemic ground squirrels, world’s only non-introduced fall
New Trip Report: Turkey
And here is another Turkey report, this time from Jan Ebr who saw some reallyt interesting stuff in May: proving beyond doubt that Turkey is a destination that deserves more mammal
New Trip Report: Southwest Turkey
Here’s a new report from Daan Drukker. Lykia & the Taurus Mountains, 2022: Daan Drukker, 9 days & 11 species including Taurus Ground Squirrel, Wild Goat and Egyptian
New Report: Some Mammals from Southwest Turkey
Here’s an interesting note from Ian Green (from the UK’s Greentours) on some of the mammals he encounters in southwest Turkey close to his home. This is a much under-ma
Istanbul – Persian Squirrel Twitch
So, if you are in Istanbul with a long layover, or no desire to brave the crowds at the Topkapi Museum, then why not go find a Persian Squirrel! When I looked for Persian Squirre
New Trip Report: South Eastern Europe (The Balkans), 2016
A new, detailed, report from Vladimir Dinets covering the countries of South Eastern Europe (east of Slovenia and Croatia and south of Hungary through to Crete into Turkey). The B
Turkey
I planned my weekend around trying to see Mediterranean Monk Seals, of which only a few hundred remain in the world, a portion of which are at scattered localities around the Turki