At night these three are common denizens of the oil palm estates:
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Common Palm Civet
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Spotted Wood Owl
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and Large-tailed Nightjar
Any pocket of different habitat immediately increased the variety of species we recorded.
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This Aristocypha fenestrella was one of several damselflies seen along a forested stream.
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Vestalis amethystina is another attractive shady stream inhabitant.
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This Common Imperial butterfly spent a long time feeding on a dead millipede.
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There were a number of these stunning moths at the same site. When they flew they looking like flying flames.
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John about to get a much closer look at a damselfly!
A late evening dragonfly foray inspires John to rediscover his Welsh heritage - reading from Albert Orr's "Dragonflies of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore".
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On a morning after a night of heavy rain we experienced a small "fall' of passerine migrants, including Eastern Crowned Wablers, several Yellow-rumped Flycatchers and Asian paradise Flycatchers (shown here), and, best of all, a Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher - a bird I haven't seen for about 20 years!
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The team after a hard day in the field!
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On our last night we managed to see two or three Leopard Cats - a personal triumph as I had failed to see one up to this point!
Wow! What a lovely cat. I haven't seen it myself. So good to know there is still some wildlife out there......He that seeketh findeth.....Mt7:8
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