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simon has 95 animal points, making them a helpful macaque. Animal points are way of telling how active people are on the site, and are linked to things like recording trips, importing photos, and making comments.

Recent trips

  1. Our honeymoon to Hotel Pietracap on 23rd June 2010

    (1 sighting)

  2. WildlifeNearYou trip to New Forest Otter, Owl and Wildlife Park on 27th February 2010

    (29 sightings)

  3. Squirrel feeding to Queen's Park, Brighton on 13th February 2010

    (4 sightings)

  4. My trip to Our window sill on 12th February 2010

    (2 sightings)

  5. My trip to Queen's Park, Brighton on 17th January 2010

    (2 sightings)

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Animals spotted

  1. Tawny Owl (spotted three times)

    Strix aluco

  2. Eurasian Eagle Owl (spotted three times)

    Bubo bubo

  3. Bald Eagle (spotted three times)

    Haliaeetus leucocephalus

  4. Spectacled Owl (spotted twice)

    Pulsatrix perspicillata

  5. Meerkat (spotted twice)

    Suricata suricatta

  6. Harris's Hawk (spotted twice)

    Parabuteo unicinctus

  7. Bactrian camel (spotted twice)

    Camelus bactrianus

  8. North Island Brown Kiwi (spotted twice)

    Apteryx mantelli

  9. Great Grey Owl (spotted twice)

    Strix nebulosa

  10. Barn Owl (spotted twice)

    Tyto alba

  11. Snowy Owl (spotted twice)

    Bubo scandiacus

  12. Common Kestrel (spotted twice)

    Falco tinnunculus

  13. Golden Eagle (spotted twice)

    Aquila chrysaetos

  14. Ferret (spotted twice)

    Mustela putorius furo

  15. Peregrine Falcon (spotted twice)

    Falco peregrinus

  16. Oriental Small-clawed Otter (spotted twice)

    Aonyx cinerea)

  17. Squirrel (spotted twice)

  18. Human (spotted twice)

    Homo sapiens sapiens

  19. Herring Gull (spotted twice)

    Larus argentatus

  20. Eastern Gray Squirrel (spotted twice)

    Sciurus carolinensis

  21. Common Langur (spotted once)

    Semnopithecus entellus

  22. Von der Decken's Hornbill (spotted once)

    Tockus deckeni

  23. African Brush-tailed Porcupine (spotted once)

    Atherurus africanus

  24. Alpaca (spotted once)

    Vicugna pacos

  25. Black-cheeked Lovebird (spotted once)

    Agapornis nigrigenis

  26. Abyssinian Ground-hornbill (spotted once)

    Bucorvus abyssinicus

  27. Northern Hawk Owl (spotted once)

    Surnia ulula

  28. Francois' Langur (spotted once)

    Trachypithecus francoisi

  29. Red-tailed Amazon (spotted once)

    Amazona brasiliensis

  30. Southern Rockhopper Penguin (spotted once)

    Eudyptes chrysocome

  31. Military Macaw (spotted once)

    Ara militaris

  32. Skunk (spotted once)

    Mephitidae

  33. Brown Rat (spotted once)

    Rattus norvegicus

  34. Okapi (spotted once)

    Okapia johnstoni

  35. Sumatran Tiger (spotted once)

    Panthera tigris sumatrae

  36. Bearded Pig (spotted once)

    Sus barbatus

  37. Purple-tailed Imperial-pigeon (spotted once)

    Ducula rufigaster

  38. Llama (spotted once)

    Lama glama

  39. Diana Monkey (spotted once)

    Cercopithecus diana

  40. Burrowing Owl (spotted once)

    Athene cunicularia

  41. Sacred Ibis (spotted once)

    Threskiornis aethiopicus

  42. Tawny Frogmouth (spotted once)

    Podargus strigoides

  43. American Black Vulture (spotted once)

    Coragyps atratus

  44. Hartlaub's Turaco (spotted once)

    Tauraco hartlaubi

  45. Green Peafowl (spotted once)

    Pavo muticus

  46. Blue-bellied Roller (spotted once)

    Coracias cyanogaster

  47. Fischer's Turaco (spotted once)

    Tauraco fischeri

  48. Wandering Albatross (spotted once)

    Diomedea exulans

  49. Dusky Dolphin (spotted once)

    Lagenorhynchus obscurus

  50. Malayan Tapir (spotted once)

    Tapirus indicus

  51. Red River Hog (spotted once)

    Potamochoerus porcus

  52. Tuatara (spotted once)

    Sphenodon

  53. Kea (spotted once)

    Nestor notabilis

  54. New Zealand Scaup (spotted once)

    Aythya novaeseelandiae

  55. Rainbow trout (spotted once)

    Oncorhynchus mykiss

  56. Kererū (spotted once)

    Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae

  57. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (spotted once)

    Macropus giganteus

  58. Clouded Leopard (spotted once)

    Neofelis nebulosa

  59. Markhor (spotted once)

    Capra falconeri

  60. North China leopard (spotted once)

    Panthera pardus japonensis

  61. Lesser Flamingo (spotted once)

    Phoenicopterus minor

  62. Mountain goat (spotted once)

    Oreamnos americanus

  63. Binturong (spotted once)

    Arctictis binturong

  64. Red Panda (spotted once)

    Ailurus fulgens

  65. Ostrich (spotted once)

    Struthio camelus

  66. Southern Royal Albatross (spotted once)

    Diomedea epomophora

  67. Yellow-eyed Penguin (spotted once)

    Megadyptes antipodes

  68. New Zealand Sea Lion (spotted once)

    Phocarctos hookeri

  69. Griffon Vulture (spotted once)

    Gyps fulvus

  70. Marabou Stork (spotted once)

    Leptoptilos crumeniferus

  71. White Stork (spotted once)

    Ciconia ciconia

  72. Toucan (spotted once)

    Ramphastidae

  73. Western Lowland Gorilla (spotted once)

    Gorilla gorilla gorilla

  74. Polar Bear (spotted once)

    Ursus maritimus

  75. Asian Elephant (spotted once)

    Elephas maximus

  76. Visayan warty pig (spotted once)

    Sus cebifrons

  77. Orangutan (spotted once)

    Pongo

  78. Inca Tern (spotted once)

    Larosterna inca

  79. Humboldt Penguin (spotted once)

    Spheniscus humboldti

  80. Red-tailed Hawk (spotted once)

    Buteo jamaicensis

  81. Chilean rose tarantula (spotted once)

  82. Madagascar hissing cockroach (spotted once)

  83. Nile monitor (spotted once)

    Varanus niloticus

  84. Sun Bear (spotted once)

    Helarctos malayanus

  85. Elk (spotted once)

    Cervus canadensis

  86. Chimpanzee (spotted once)

    Pan

  87. Burmese Python (spotted once)

    Python molurus bivittatus

  88. Mandrill (spotted once)

    Mandrillus sphinx

  89. Slender-snouted Crocodile (spotted once)

    Crocodylus cataphractus

  90. Gerenuk (spotted once)

    Litocranius walleri

  91. Western toad (spotted once)

    Bufo boreas

  92. Oregon spotted frog (spotted once)

    Rana pretiosa

  93. American black bear (spotted once)

    Ursus americanus

  94. Northern Saw-whet Owl (spotted once)

    Aegolius acadicus

  95. Cheetah (spotted once)

    Acinonyx jubatus

  96. African Wild Dog (spotted once)

    Lycaon pictus

  97. Black Rhinoceros (spotted once)

    Diceros bicornis

  98. Hippopotamus (spotted once)

    Hippopotamus amphibius

  99. Amur Tiger (spotted once)

    Panthera tigris altaica

  100. Uromastyx (spotted once)

    Uromastyx

  101. Giraffe (spotted once)

    Giraffa camelopardalis

  102. Southern Ground-hornbill (spotted once)

    Bucorvus leadbeateri

  103. Lorikeet (spotted once)

    Loriinae

  104. Bell's Hinge-Backed Tortoise (spotted once)

    Kinixys belliana

  105. Pancake tortoise (spotted once)

    Malacochersus tornieri

  106. De Brazza's Monkey (spotted once)

    Cercopithecus neglectus

  107. Western pond turtle (spotted once)

    Actinemys marmorata

  108. Northwestern garter snake (spotted once)

  109. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat (spotted once)

    Eidolon helvum

  110. Rousettus aegyptiacus (spotted once)

  111. Emerald tree boa (spotted once)

    Corallus caninus

  112. Green Anaconda (spotted once)

    Eunectes murinus

  113. Giant huntsman spider (spotted once)

  114. Southern Masked-Weaver (spotted once)

    Ploceus velatus

  115. Allen's Swamp Monkey (spotted once)

    Allenopithecus nigroviridis

  116. Hadada Ibis (spotted once)

    Bostrychia hagedash

  117. Leopard Tortoise (spotted once)

    Geochelone pardalis

  118. Speke's Gazelle (spotted once)

    Gazella spekei

  119. Grey Heron (spotted once)

    Ardea cinerea

  120. European Rabbit (spotted once)

  121. Sea Otter (spotted once)

    Enhydra lutris

  122. Leopard (spotted once)

    Panthera pardus

  123. Albatross (spotted once)

    Diomedeidae

  124. Zebra (spotted once)

  125. Capybara (spotted once)

    Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

  126. Indian Elephant (spotted once)

    Elephas maximus indicus

  127. Hooded Vulture (spotted once)

    Necrosyrtes monachus

  128. Kookaburra (spotted once)

    Dacelo

  129. Sperm Whale (spotted once)

    Physeter macrocephalus

  130. New Zealand Fur Seal (spotted once)

    Arctocephalus forsteri

  131. Gull (spotted once)

    Laridae

  132. Macaw (spotted once)

  133. Blue-and-yellow Macaw (spotted once)

    Ara ararauna

  134. Stewart Island Brown Kiwi (spotted once)

    Apteryx Australis Lawyri

  135. Little Penguin (spotted once)

    Eudyptula minor

  136. Canada Goose (spotted once)

    Branta canadensis

  137. Plains Zebra (spotted once)

    Equus quagga

  138. Lanner Falcon (spotted once)

    Falco biarmicus

  139. Domestic pigeon (spotted once)

  140. Goose (spotted once)

  141. Southern White-faced Owl (spotted once)

    Ptilopsis granti

  142. Red Deer (spotted once)

    Cervus elaphus

  143. Sika Deer (spotted once)

    Cervus nippon

  144. Red Fox (spotted once)

    Vulpes vulpes

  145. Southern Boobook (spotted once)

    Ninox novaeseelandiae

  146. European Robin (spotted once)

    Erithacus rubecula

  147. Eurasian Badger (spotted once)

    Meles meles

  148. European Otter (spotted once)

    Lutra lutra

  149. Boar (spotted once)

    Sus scrofa

  150. Red-necked Wallaby (spotted once)

    Macropus rufogriseus

  151. European Wildcat (spotted once)

    Felis silvestris silvestris

  152. Pine Marten (spotted once)

    Martes martes

  153. Eurasian Lynx (spotted once)

    Lynx lynx

  154. House mouse (spotted once)

    Mus musculus

  155. Northern River Otter (spotted once)

    Lontra canadensis

  156. Harvest Mouse (spotted once)

    Micromys minutus

  157. European polecat (spotted once)

    Mustela putorius

  158. Ural Owl (spotted once)

    Strix uralensis

  159. American Mink (spotted once)

  160. Cape Eagle-owl (spotted once)

    Bubo capensis

  161. Crested Caracara (spotted once)

    Caracara cheriway

  162. Gyps (spotted once)

    Gyps

  163. African Fish Eagle (spotted once)

    Haliaeetus vocifer

  164. Tortoise (spotted once)

    Testudinidae

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Favourite animals

  1. Siberian Chipmunk

  2. Quokka

    Setonix brachyurus

  3. White-faced Scops-owl

    Ptilopsis leucotis

  4. Puffin

    Fratercula

  5. Wombat

    Vombatidae

  6. Chipmunk

    Tamias

  7. Meerkat

    Suricata suricatta

  8. Toucan

    Ramphastidae

  9. Squirrel

  10. Malayan Tapir

    Tapirus indicus

  11. Griffon Vulture

    Gyps fulvus

  12. Komodo dragon

    Varanus komodoensis

  13. North Island Brown Kiwi

    Apteryx mantelli

  14. Kea

    Nestor notabilis

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    An Alpine Parrot native to New Zealand. We didn't see any in the wild, but we were told that they are very inquisitive and will often disassemble kit left around by tourists (cameras, cars etc) to see how they work.

    on Kea (Nestor notabilis)at 13th December 2008 22:42

    Also known as a New Zealand Pigeon.

    on Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)at 29th December 2008 20:33

    That's a lovely cormorant.

    on Cormorantat 5th January 2010 05:08

    But what kind of lemur is it?

    on Not a ring tailed lemurat 5th January 2010 05:52

    Lovely goat photos!

    on My trip to Chattanooga City Zoo on 22nd May 2009at 13th January 2010 00:14

    What a great photo! How far away were you?

    on black bear in shenandoah national parkat 13th January 2010 00:25

    We weren't really planning for trips to whole countries... do you have any locations that are more finely grained? Alternatively, is there a feature we could add that would help you list these animals more effectively?

    on Noneat 13th January 2010 01:47

    We ran away from this one...

    on It's coming right for us!at 13th January 2010 08:54

    I think those are beavers.

    on Antwerp Zooat 13th January 2010 12:28

    What on earth is that?

    on at 13th January 2010 18:49

    We promise people not to share their location, so we can't build that just yet - we'll certainly plan to make it easier to find other people's profiles though. We may add an option to opt-in to sharing your location with other members in the future too.

    on What would you like us to work on?at 14th January 2010 22:00

    Better 404 pages is a very good idea - I think that could address your request for alias URLs too, since it would at least let /animals/firefox/ provide a link to the right place.

    on What would you like us to work on?at 15th January 2010 09:52

    David: better feedback on activity around your photos would be great. I've been thinking a bit about sending e-mail - I'm not a big fan of sites that e-mail you constantly, but it would be nice to get a semi-regular e-mail pointing out activity you might have missed. Maybe we would default to one e-mail a week with ALL photos / favourites / etc your photos have received, and allow you to opt in to receiving that e-mail more often (or opt out of receiving it at all).

    on What would you like us to work on?at 15th January 2010 12:55

    This is almost certainly my favourite owl - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es52WQKLumI

    on White-faced Scops-owl (Ptilopsis leucotis)at 16th January 2010 17:39

    Pretty much - I scraped the titles and abstracts for the RSPB pages (which are listed on their alphabetical index page, so I only had to hit them 26 times). I've got a really basic tool for manually matching those with our species, since there are only 200 pages anyway.

    The Wikipedia ones were extracted automatically using a tortiously complicated combination of Freebase and DBpedia. I'm planning to write that up in detail.

    on Now linking to Wikipedia and the RSPBat 17th January 2010 09:19

    If you create a trip and add this photo to it you'll be able to mark it as containing a Barn Owl.

    on Fyfield Downat 17th January 2010 12:35

    That's a very fine owl.

    on Eagle Owl at Bush Farmat 19th January 2010 13:39

    I'd never heard of these before, but Nat and I are now determined to see one.

    on Quokkaat 19th January 2010 13:40

    Wow, that's an awesome shot.

    on Eurasian Eagle Owl in flightat 29th January 2010 18:13

    I'm planning on adding support for these, but I'd rather hold off until we've got slightly better species information - at the moment I don't think our genus / binomial / class information is of a high enough quality.

    on WildlifeNearYou can now tag your Flickr photos for youat 4th February 2010 17:31

    Thanks - they were really hard to take pictures of. There were almost a hundred of them swimming around the boat but I only managed to get a couple of photos where you could see more than just a grey blur.

    on Dusky dolphinsat 4th February 2010 21:43

    Kellan - we're retroactively tagging photos now, but only after the owner of the photos has both opted-in to the new feature and reauthorised their Flickr account (since we weren't previously storing the Flickr auth token in our database).

    on WildlifeNearYou can now tag your Flickr photos for youat 5th February 2010 09:09

    Wow, what a great place to see a hawk.

    on My trip to Financial District, San Franciscoat 5th February 2010 20:35

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