Big 5 Sightings 08 to 14 December 2014

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The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see four Majingi male lions resting on Pungwe Island open area.

Majingi Male sleeping - Highlight-Stefan Kruger

Majingi Male sleeping – Highlight-Stefan Kruger

Monday, 8 December 2014
(30ºC)

  • Five Birmingham male lions resting on Rhulani Road
  • A breeding herd of about 300 buffalo’s feeding on Saffron Road
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Seepline Road
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding at Buff Pan
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants swimming in Big Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Central Road

 

Tuesday, 9 December 2014
(29ºC)

  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving east from Horseshoe open area
  • A breeding herd of about fifty buffalo’s feeding on Konkoni Road
  • One elephant bull feeding on Lowveld Link
  • Five Birmingham male lions resting at Seef’s Pan

 

Wednesday, 10 December 2014
(33ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Saseka Road
  • A breeding herd of about fifty buffalo’s resting on Kudu Drift
  • Another breeding herd of about fifteen elephants drinking water at Leeukuil Pan
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving south from EP old driveway
  • Five Birmingham lions resting on Mfesi open area
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants swimming at Big Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
  • One elephant bull feeding at Leeukuil Pan
Birmingham Male lion - Dawie Jacobs

Birmingham Male lion – Dawie Jacobs

Thursday, 11 December 2014
(31ºC, 1.5mm)

  • Five Birmingham male lions resting at Big Dam
  • A breeding herd of about of about forty elephants drinking water at Big Dam
  • One buffalo bull resting at Big Dam
  • A breeding herd of about 200 buffalo’s resting on Big Dam Link South
  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving north from Wetpatch Road
  • A breeding herd of about 300 buffalo’s feeding on Rhino Ring East
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Bushcamp East

Friday, 12 December 2014
(34ºC)

  • Five Birmingham male lions resting on Bushcamp East
  • One elephant bull feeding at Five Way Junction
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Bushcamp East
  • Another breeding herd of about sixty elephants feeding at Land Cruiser Crossing
  • A breeding herd of about 200 buffalo’s feeding on Rhino Ring East
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants drinking water at Big Dam
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding at Leeukuil

 

Saturday, 13 December 2014
(25ºC)

  • Four Majingi male lions resting on Pungwe Island open area
  • Thandi, the female leopard, resting with her two cubs on Cheetah Plains driveway
  • Three Birmingham male lions feeding on a buffalo kill on 2nd Windmill Road
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on EP Old driveway
Lilac breasted roller - Dawie Jacobs

Lilac breasted roller – Dawie Jacobs

Sunday, 14 December 2014
(31ºC)

  • Tingana, the male leopard, feeding on a baby wildebeest kill on Marula Bult Central
  • Four Birmingham male lions feeding on a buffalo kill on 2nd Windmill Road
  • Three buffalo bulls resting at Big Dam
  • A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding on 15th Crossing
  • Lamula, the male leopard, moving south from Big Dam Link South
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving east from EP open area

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