Big 5 Sightings 16 to 22 February 2015

by | Feb 23, 2015 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 0 comments

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see Shadow the female leopard, moving east with her cub on Zebra Drive.

Shadow and cub - Louis Liversage

Shadow and cub – Louis Liversage

Monday, 16 February 2015
(27ºC)

  • The Breakaway lion pride, resting in Shirley’s Crossing
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding close to Serengeti Crossing
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on EP driveway
  • Kwatile, the female leopard, resting on MMM South
  • Shadow, the female leopard, and her cub moving east on Zebra Drive
  • One elephant bull feeding on Horseshoe West

 

Tuesday, 17 February 2015
(28ºC)

  • Tingana, the male leopard, killing a warthog on Horseshoe West whilst Kwatile, the female leopard looks on
  • One elephant bull feeding on Wetpatch open area
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
  • One buffalo bull resting in Kraaines

 

Wednesday, 18 February 2015
(30ºC)

  • A pack of about fifteen wild dogs resting on Chitwa Chitwa airstrip
  • Two unknown male lions resting on Simbambili Firebreak
  • A breeding herd of about 200 buffalo’s resting at Red Dam
  • Lamula, the male leopard, moving west on Saseka Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill on Francolin Road
  • One elephant bull feeding at Big Dam
Female elephant - Louis Liversage

Female elephant – Louis Liversage

Thursday, 19 February 2015
(33ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving east from Sixes Road
  • A breeding herd of about 300 buffalo’s moving west from Kudu Drift
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Rhino Ring South
  • Another breeding herd of about four elephants swimming at Big Dam
  • One buffalo bull resting at Big Dam

 

Friday, 20 February 2015
(32ºC)

  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving west on Seef’s Pan Road with Kwatile, the female leopard
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Puff Adder Road
  • One buffalo bull resting at Kraaines Pan
  • Nsele, the female leopard, feeding with her two cubs on an impala kill west of Picanini Utah corner

Saturday, 21 February 2015
(34ºC)

  • Kwatile, the female leopard, resting at One Eye Pan Road
  • One buffalo bull resting on Our Western Boundary
  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving west from Pommies Pan
  • Mvula, the male leopard, moving east from Chitwa Chitwa airstrip
  • Kwatile, the female leopard, resting on Southern Fork Road
  • One bull elephant moving west on Luckas open area
  • A breeding herd of about 300 buffalo’s moving east on Our Southern Boundary
Buffalo bull - Louis Liversage

Buffalo bull – Louis Liversage

Sunday, 22 February 2015
(27ºC, 10mm)

  • A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants moving west from MMM South
  • A breeding herd of about 150 buffalo’s resting on A-main
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Madash Road

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