Big 5 sightings 21 to 27 July 2014

by | Jul 28, 2014 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 1 comment

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see two Styx female lions with their three cubs feeding on a kudu kill on One Eye Pan Road

Styx cub feeding on a kudu kill - Dawie Jacobs

Styx cub feeding on a kudu kill – Dawie Jacobs

Monday, 21 July 2014

(26ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, chased up a tree by eight wild dogs on Ximungwe Road
  • Eight wild dogs feeding on four kills on Ximungwe Road
  • A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants chasing eight wild dogs and four hyenas on Ximungwe Road
  • Six buffalo bulls resting in Grissly Bear Crossing
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephant’s drinking water in Grissly Bear Crossing
  • Two female Styx lions resting with their three cubs on Parallel open area
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Seepline

 

Tuesday, 22 July 2014

(25ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about 100 buffalos feeding at Knobthorn Pan
  • Two Styx female lions with their three cubs moving south from Mafufunyana Pan
  • Nsele, the female leopard, moving north on Our Western Boundary
  • Six buffalo bulls resting in Serengeti/Manyeleti Crossing
  • One buffalo bull feeding on Mamba Road
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Rhino Pan Road
  • Three elephant bulls drinking water on EP open area
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding around 2nd Windmill

 

Wednesday, 23 July 2014

(27ºC)

  • Eight wild dogs and their six pups resting at the den
  • Anderson, the male leopard, scent marking on Mamba Road
  • Twenty buffalo bulls moving south from Drongo South
  • Ten wild dogs hunting and killing an impala on EP airstrip
  • Six buffalo bulls feeding in Serengeti/Manyeleti Crossing
  • Five elephants feeding on Elephant Carcass
Sundowner on gamedrive - Dawie Jacobs

Sundowner on gamedrive – Dawie Jacobs

 

Thursday, 24 July 2014

(28ºC)

  • Two Styx female lions with their three cubs feeding on a kudu kill on One Eye Pan Road
  • Ten wild dogs playing with their six pups at the den on Rocky Road
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Our Southern Boundary
  • Four buffalo bulls feeding on A-main
  • Lamula, the male leopard, feeding on an impala kill with an unknown female leopard and Moya, the female leopard with her male cub close by on Kudu drift
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Madash
  • Six buffalo bulls feeding on Rhino Ring South

 

Friday, 25 July 2014

(28ºC)

  • The Fourway lion pride resting on Our Southern Boundary
  • Four sub-adult Styx female lions resting on Parallel Road
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding at Leeukuil Pan
  • Two Styx female lions feeding on a kudu kill with their three cubs on One Eye Pan Road
  • One elephant bull feeding on our Southern Boundary

 

Saturday, 26 July 2014

(27ºC)

  • Mvula, the male leopard, mating with Kurula, the female leopard, on Bugalutu Road
  • A big breeding herd of about sixty elephants feeding on Zebra drive
  • Four sub-adult Styx lions feeding on an impala kill on Road 7
  • Two Styx female lions and their three cubs moving south from 2nd Windmill Road
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding on Kudu Drift

 

Wild dog pup - Dawie Jacobs

Wild dog pup – Dawie Jacobs

Sunday, 27 July 2014

(25ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on EP driveway
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephant’s drinking water at Leeukuil Pan
  • Shadow, the female leopard, moving south from EP/Safari cutline
  • Four sub-adult Styx lions moving south from Methlowani open area
  • Ten buffalo bulls feeding on Kudu Drift

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