Big 5 Sightings 13 – 19 August 2012

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Our Big 5 highlight would have to be all the elephants that we saw on drive during the past week. You can pick and choose your favourite: big ellies, small ellies, feeding ellies, bathing ellies, playing ellies…You name it, we’ve seen it during the week!

 

Elephant cow and calf - Louis Liversage

Elephant cow and calf - Louis Liversage

Monday, 13 August 2012

(29 °C)

  • Lamula the male leopard and the Ostrich Koppies female leopard moving south from Big Dam
  • A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Wetpatch open area
  • Another breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on EP open area
  • Five buffalo bulls feeding on Puffadder Road

 

Tuesday, 14 August 2012

(30 °C)

  • Salayexe the leopard stalking some impalas on Rhino Ring East
  • Tingana the leopard stalking impala at Zimba Bridge
  • Lots of breeding herds of elephants: 15 on EP open area, 40 at Marula Bult and 20 at Leeukuil

 

Wednesday, 15 August 2012

(31 °C)

  • One female cheetah resting on a termite mount just north of Gowrie Main Road
  • Shadow the female leopard with a duiker kill at Simbambili Dam
  • Salayexe the female leopard resting on a termite mount on Rhino Ring East

 

Martial Eagle - Louis Liversage

Martial Eagle - Louis Liversage

Thursday, 17 August 2012

(26 °C)

  • Shadow the female leopard still feeding on the duiker kill
  • Salayexe the leopard walking west from Kudu Drift
  • A breeding herd of about 50 elephants drinking water at EP and another herd of 15 elephants drinking water at Serengeti

 

Friday, 18 August 2012

(27 °C)

  • Kwatile the female leopard walking east along A-Main
  • Five buffalo bulls feeding around Little Gowrie
  • A breeding herd of elephants playing in the mud wallows on Road 7
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding at Rulani

 

Saturday, 19 August 2012

(29 °C)

  • Salayexe the leopard on an impala kill at Nyati Road
  • The Styx pride of lions resting close to MM / Annette’s cutline
  • Tingana the male leopard taking over Salayexe’s kill
  • Salayexe the leopard walking east along A-Main
  • A breeding herd of about 60 elephants feeding around Serengeti

 

Tingana scent marking - Richard Davis

Tingana scent marking - Richard Davis

Sunday, 20 August 2012

(29 °C)

  • Tingana the male leopard still on the stolen impala kill
  • A breeding herd of about 30 elephants feeding around Kudu Drift
  • Salayexe the female leopard walking south along Nyati Bamba
  • Tingana the male leopard stalking impala on Midden Road
  • A breeding herd of about 20 elephants drinking water at EP waterhole
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on A-Main

 

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