Country Data

South Africa

I worked in Barberton from 1989 to 1992 and still regularly visit the Western Cape. Recent trip and species notes include: 

Western Cape Province

  • De Hoop Nature Reserve (2020)
  • Dunedin Farm (updated site guide – 2016, 2018 and 2021 data): Riverine Rabbit, Karoo Elephant-shrew, Spectacled Dormouse and other small mammals. First visited March 2016.
  • False Bay: Bryde’s Whale (2019 April updated 2020 Jan 5).
  • Gourikwa Reserve (2024 Nov). Grey Climbing Mouse.
  • Rocherpan Nature Reserve (2018 Feb): Southern Elephant Seal (vagrant).
  • Shelley Point, St Helena Bay: Dusky Dolphin. 2021 Jan.
  • Strandfontein (West Coast), 2020 Jan 7: Haviside’s Dolphin; Brants’s Whistling Rat colony.
  • Wilderness (2019-2021): Cape Dune Mole-rat, Common Mole-rat, Brants’ Climbing Mouse, Woodland Thicket Rat.

Northern Cape Province

  • Augrabies Falls NP (2020 Dec)
  • Kgalagadi NP (2020 Dec)
  • Marrick Safari (2020 Dec)
  • Skilpad and Namaqua NP (2020 Dec)

Mammal Species Posts

Brants’ Climbing Mouse (Dendromus mesomelas). Posted 20 Feb 2021 here.
Woodland Thicket Rat (Grammomys dolichurus). Posted 4 Mar 2021 here.

Indonesia

SUMATRA
Siberut Island (Mentawai Islands): 2024 Sep 7-12 (with Ian Thompson).
Way Kambas National Park (Sumatra) trip report: 2014 Aug 16

JAVA

BALI and LOMBOK
Bali Mammal Records (2004-2022) – summary of records and site data.
Dugong at Uluwatu Beach, Bali: 2004-2022.
Geoffroy’s Rousette Colony at Pura Goa Lawah (Bali, Indonesia); April 2015.