Big 5 Sightings 01 to 07 December 2014

by | Dec 8, 2014 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 1 comment

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see sixteen wild dogs moving east from Shirley’s open area

Wild dog pups waiting for the pack to return after a hunt - Dawie Jacobs

Wild dog pups waiting for the pack to return after a hunt – Dawie Jacobs

Monday, 1 December 2014
(28ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants moving west from EP driveway
  • One buffalo bull resting at Gaby’s Crossing
  • One Nkuhuma male lion still feeding on his buffalo kill at Simbambili Dam
  • One elephant bull feeding on Zebra Drive
  • Another elephant bull feeding on Seepline
  • Another elephant bull feeding at Simbambili Dam
  • A breeding herd of about 100 buffalo’s feeding on Marula Bult

 

Tuesday, 2 December 2014
(29ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about 80 buffalo’s feeding on Seepline
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Rocky Road
  • Another breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding on A-main
  • Mvula, the male leopard, feeding on an impala kill on Little Gowrie driveway
  • Another breeding herd of about 80 buffalo’s feeding on Rhino Ring South
  • One buffalo bull feeding at Leeukuil
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Kudu Drift

 

Wednesday, 3 December 2014
(30ºC)

  • Four buffalo bulls feeding on 2nd Windmill
  • Three buffalo bulls resting at Kraaines
  • Five Birmingham male lions resting south of Simbambili Dam
  • Quarantine, the male leopard, resting at Treehouse Pan
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants moving west from Big Dam
  • One elephant bull drinking water at Big Dam
  • A breeding herd of about 80 buffalo’s feeding west of Big Dam
Quarantine the male leopard - Dawie Jacobs

Quarantine the male leopard – Dawie Jacobs

Thursday, 4 December 2014
(33ºC)

  • Five Birmingham male lions resting on Horseshoe East
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Serengeti Pan
  • The Tsalala lion pride feeding on a buffalo kill at Big Dam
  • Four buffalo bulls feeding on A-main
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, resting on EP driveway
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Our Southern Boundary
  • Anderson, the male leopard, mating with Nsele, the female leopard, on Our Western Boundary

 

Friday, 5 December 2014
(31ºC, 0.5mm)

  • A pack of about sixteen wild dogs moving east from Shirley’s
  • The Tsalala lion pride still on their buffalo kill at Big Dam
  • Three buffalo bulls resting on Sixes Road
  • One elephant bull feeding at Big Dam
  • Five Birmingham male lions resting on Eastern Bank Manyeleti
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
  • A breeding herd of about 100 buffalo’s feeding on Marula Bult
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on Our Southern Boundary

 

Saturday, 6 December2014
(28ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on MMM South
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Saseka Road
  • One buffalo bull feeding on Our Southern Boundary
  • One Nkuhuma male lion resting on Marula Bult Central
Hippo returning after a graze - Dawie Jacobs

Hippo returning after a graze – Dawie Jacobs

Sunday, 7 December 2014
(28ºC, 6mm)

  • Five Birmingham male lions hunting buffalo’s on 1st Windmill Road
  • One Nkuhuma male lion resting on Seepline Road
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Chestnut open area
  • Eight buffalo bulls resting at Kraaines Pan
  • Shadow, the female leopard, moving east with her cub on Tjololo Road

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