This site hosts data from my wildlife travels that are focused on mammal watching and photography with +1225 mammal species seen (as at 2024 Nov).
Recent trips are listed below with links to completed reports and posts.
Contact:      paulcarter @ pacapix.com
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Country data, mammal lists, posts and other recent data can in some cases be accessed through the Country pages, for example the Panama page includes a country list of mammal records as well as links to regional/site posts (Gamboa and Boquete). Country pages are not complete.

TIMELINE:  RECENT TRIPS AND REPORTS
The full names of key trip companions are listed at the bottom of this page.

2025 – PLANS

  •  Thailand, Vietnam, South Africa ….

2024

  • South Africa (Nov-Dec).
  • Zanzibar (Nov).
  • Oman and UAE (Oct).
  • Thailand (Sep-Oct).
  • Indonesia: Siberut Island in the Mentawais (7-12 Sep), 10 endemics seen; with IT.
  • Thailand: Baan Maka Nature Lodge (Aug).
  • Vietnam (July): Cuc Phuong NP (Halong Leaf-nosed Bat), Danang (Red-shanked Douc), Nui Thanh (Grey-shanked Douc), Bach Ma NP (Small-toothed Ferret Badger).
  • Thailand (May-June, Aug-Oct). Phuket.
  • USA: Florida (April): Round-tailed Muskrat photographed.
  • USA: California (March-May); including one week with IT.
  • Thailand (Feb).
  • Australia: Victoria (Feb).
  • New Zealand: South Island (Jan).

2023

  • Australia: Victoria (Dec).
  • Nepal (Oct-Nov). 2nd trip. +50 mammals seen in Nepal. Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan NP.
  • Thailand (August-October + Nov): Sunda Pangolin on Phuket.
  • Peru (June) – site reports in progress; Streaked Dwarf Porcupine (Coendou ichillus) photographed.
  • Bolivia – Northern (June): Sadiri Lodge, Rurrenebaque.
  • Bolivia – Southern (May-June), with SC.
  • Paraguay (May), with SC.
  • Thailand (March, April).
  • USA: California (Jan-Feb).

2022

  • USA: California (Dec).
  • South Africa (Nov/Dec).
  • South Africa (Nov) – dead Humpback Whale (False Bay).
  • West and North Thailand (Nov) with ID, DS.
  • Nepal (Oct) – Chitwan NP, Bardia NP, Pokhara, Langtang NP, Kathmandu.
  • West Malaysia (Aug), with CP.
  • Thailand: Phuket (Apr-Sep).
  • USA (Mar-Apr): California to Texas road-trip for mammals and Austin MotoGP; with CP.
  • Panama (6-20 Feb 2022), with CP: 36 mammal species seen including Alston’s Woolly Mouse Opossum; site reports on the Boquete and Gamboa areas.
  • USA (Jan-Feb)

2021

  • Belize (3-18 Dec 2021), with CP: +40 mammal species seen (including Hatt’s Vesper Rat and Baird’s Tapir). Reptiles included Creaser’s Mud Turtle (first record outside Mexico).
  • USA (Sep-Nov 2021).
  • Thailand: Phuket (Apr-Sep 2021).
  • South Africa – Western Cape (Jan-Mar 2021, stuck here 5 months because of Covid pandemic):
    Dunedin Farm (Riverine Rabbit Retreat): updated my Dunedin Farm Mammal Guide (based on three visits (2016, 2018, 2021); species include Riverine Rabbit, Karoo Sengi and Large-eared Mouse.
    St Helena Bay     – Dusky Dolphin.
    Wilderness (2019-2021); including Cape Dune Mole-rat, Brants’s Climbing Mouse, Woodland Thicket Rat.
    Bryde’s Whale in False Bay (report updated annually).

2020 

  • South Africa – Western Cape (Nov-Dec 2020):
    Strandfontein; Haviside’s Dolphin, Brants’s Whistling Rat.
    Bryde’s Whale in False Bay (report updated annually).
  • South Africa – Northern Cape (2020 Dec): Kgalagadi NP, Augrabies Falls NP.
  • England and Jersey (2020 Sep-Oct).
  • Scotland (Aug 2020) with NC.
  • Iceland (2020 Aug): mammal highlight was Artic Fox at Modrudalur.
  • USA – California (stuck here 6 months because of Covid pandemic); trips included Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino Mountains (2020 June) with CH.
  • South Africa – Western Cape (2020 Feb).
  • Thailand (2020 Jan).

2019

  • USA – Death Valley NP, Monterey (2019 Nov).
  • Mongolia (2019 Aug); trip organised by me; joined by KB, IT, SO, AP.
  • Japan – Honshu (2019 April); with VD + 1.
  • Costa Rica (2019 Mar-Apr) with CP.
  • South Africa – Western Cape (2019 Mar); Bryde’s Whale (report updated annually).
  • Laos (2019 Feb) with HF.

2018

  • Thailand – Peninsula and West (2018 Oct).
  • Australia – Darwin, Kakadu NP (2018 Sep).
  • Gabon (2018 Aug); group trip (Jon Hall and others).
  • Thailand – South (2018 June).
  • USA – California and Arizona (2018 Apr-May).
  • Ethiopia (2018 Mar-Apr).
  • South Africa – Cedarberg, Karoo (2018 Mar).

2017

  • Western Australia (2017 Nov), with CP.
  • Thailand – Peninsula (2017 Sep-Oct).
  • England (2017 Aug): mammals, a wedding and Silverstone MotoGP; with CP.
  • Jersey, Channel Islands (2017 Aug), with CP.
  • Czech Republic (2017 Aug): mammals and Brno MotoGP; with CP.
  • Hungary (2017 July) with CP.
  • USA – California (2017 April-July).
  • Brazil Amazon (2017 June); group trip led by Fiona Reid.
  • Thailand – Baan Maka (2017 Mar).
  • Thailand – Kanchanaburi area (2017 Mar) with ID, DS.
  • Flores, Indonesia (2017 Feb), with CP.
  • Bali, Indonesia (2017 Feb). See post on Bali Mammal records (posted 2022), Dugong report (posted 2022) and Geoffroy’s Rousette post.

Trip Companions: CH – Charles Hood, CP – Chi Phan, DS – Dave Sargeant, GP – Games Punjapa, HF – Holly Faithfull, ID – Ian Dugdale, IT – Ian Thompson, JG – Jose Gabriel, JH – Jon Hall, KB – Kevin Bryan, KW – Kat Wilson, MW – Matt Wilson, NC – Nick Cox, PT – Phil Telfer, SC – Stuart Chapman, SO – Sjef Ollers, VD – Vladimir Dinets.