Photos and short trip reports, from Slovakia where I pay my annual summer visit. This country has some of the best preserved mountain forest anywhere in Europe and not surprisingly holds a diverse amphibian and reptile fauna.
Having left Thailand at the end of June I had a 2 week house quarantine followed by several more weeks of free afterwards in Slovakia. I travelled quite a lot, mainly hoping to see some large mammals. After several failed attempts I finally managed to see an Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the wild for the first time at the end of the trip.
Slovakia 2019
A short trip to Slovakia in July 2019, mostly a family visit but with some limited time to look for wildlife.
Slovakia 2017
“Like in 2016, I visited Kat’s homeland of Slovakia at the end of May for a mostly family visit. However, the family weekend house is ideally situated in…”
Slovakia 2016
“Spring in beautiful, wooded Slovakia with a number of nice species found in pristine woodland..”