Big 5 Sightings 24 to 30 November 2014

by | Dec 1, 2014 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 2 comments

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see the Nkuhuma male lion feasting on an adult buffalo cow at Simbambili Dam

Nkuhuma male lion on a buffalo kill - Jonathan Vogel

Nkuhuma male lion on a buffalo kill – Jonathan Vogel

Monday, 24 November 2014
(36ºC, 19mm rain)

  • Thandi, the female leopard, and her two cubs feeding on an impala kill on Gowrie Main
  • Ten buffalo bulls moving north from Gowrie Main
  • Five lionesses of the Nkuhuma pride, at Treehouse Pan
  • Five Birmingham male lions hunting and killing a juvenile buffalo on EP/Simbambili cutline
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Pungwe open area
  • A breeding herd of about two hundred buffaloes feeding on Rhulani Road
  • Another breeding herd of about sixty elephants feeding on Rhino Ring East

 

Tuesday, 25 November 2014
(27ºC)

  • Thandi, the female leopard, and her cubs still feeding on the impala kill on Gowrie Main
  • Quarantine, the young male leopard, stalking impalas on Little Gowrie driveway
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Little Gowrie driveway
  • A breeding herd of about two hundred buffaloes feeding on Madash Road
  • Another breeding herd of about eighty buffaloes feeding at 1st Windmill
  • Five Birmingham male lions resting on Rhulani Road

 

Wednesday, 26 November 2014
(28ºC)

  • The Breakaway lion pride with one Majingi male lion resting on EP driveway
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding and swimming at Big Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding on 1st Windmill
  • A breeding herd of about two hundred buffaloes feeding around 16th Crossing
  • Inkanyeni, and her two cubs feeding on an impala kill on Nkorho open area
Breakaway female lion grooming - Jonathan Vogel

Breakaway female lion grooming – Jonathan Vogel

Thursday, 27 November 2014
(29ºC)

  • Three buffalo bulls resting at Bushcamp Pan
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on Rhulani Road
  • Four elephants feeding on Horseshoe West
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Madash
  • Tingana, the male leopard, resting on Safari Donga North
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on EP open area
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Madash

Friday, 28 November 2014
(34ºC)

  • The Breakaway lion pride resting on our Southern boundary
  • Two elephant bulls swimming in the water at Big Dam
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding at the Rocks
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on EP open area
  • An Nkuhuma male lion on a buffalo kill at Simbambili Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
  • Four buffalo bulls feeding on Kudu Drift

 

Saturday, 29 November 2014
(26ºC)

  • Five Birmingham male lions on a buffalo kill on Gowrie Main
  • The Breakaway lion pride resting on Madash Road
  • An Nkuhuma male lion still on his buffalo kill at Simbambili Dam
  • One unknown female leopard resting on Simbambili firebreak
  • A breeding herd of about two hundred buffaloes feeding south of The Rocks
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Seregeti Pan
Elephant bulls - Jonathan Vogel

Elephant bulls – Jonathan Vogel

Sunday, 30 November 2014
(27ºC, 36mm rain)

  • Anderson, the male leopard, moving west from Francolin Road
  • An Nkuhuma male lion still on the buffalo kill at Simbambili Dam
  • A breeding herd of about fifty buffaloes feeding around Horseshoe open area
  • Shadow, the female leopard and her two cubs feeding on a duiker kill on Old Bore Hole
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Marula Bult South

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