After many months of absence we had an old friend visit the garden last night. Old Bob the Masked Palm Civet and the biggest of the civets here in Fraser's Hill came back for a quick visit and look around. It is really great to see he is still surviving despite his foot injury of 2 years ago. But strangely enough we also had another visitor last night too, again after months of absence half tail the common Palm civet dropped in. But the third and currently most regular visitor is Stinky. Stinky is a Large Spotted Civet quite rare for this area and distinguishable from the Malay Civet by the bands on the tail and the neck lines. The Malay Civet has lines that run around the neck and the Large
Everyone here at Stephen's Place would like to wish all of our friends and guests past and present the very best wishes for this blessed festive season.
Keeping up the standards and another year later Stephen's Place has been awarded another Certificate of Excellence by Trip Advisor. Thank you to all of our guests who have supported us this last year and specially to those who have taken the time to write their reviews on our Trip Advisor page. The certificate is in the mail wooppeeee.
The international moth identification workshop has come to and end with participants from Canada, Australia, UK, Hong Kong and Singapore. Dr Roger Kendrick kept participants busy with as many as 800 species recorded during the event, despite not the most ideal weather condition and the full moon. Planning is already underway for the next event which we hope will be even bigger and better. Please keep an eye on this site for future developments.
