Big 5 Sightings 30 March 2015 to 05 April 2015

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The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see Shadow, the female leopard, resting with her cub at Safari Donga South.

Shadow, the female leopard, and her cub - Dawie Jacobs

Shadow, the female leopard, and her cub – Dawie Jacobs

Monday, 30 March 2015
(29ºC)

  • Shadow, the female leopard, her cub, and Tingana, the male leopard, on an impala kill on Parallel Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, resting on EP airstrip
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Parallel Road
  • One buffalo bull resting at Leeukuil Pan

 

Tuesday, 31 March 2015
(28ºC)

  • Two Styx female lions resting on Wessels/Hoffmans cutline
  • Mvula, the male leopard, resting east of Ingwe Pan
  • Shadow, the female leopard, resting with her cub at Safari Donga South
  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving west on Simbambili Firebreak
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants drinking water at Simbambili Dam
  • Three buffalo bulls resting at Simbambili Dam

 

Wednesday, 1 April 2015
(30ºC)

  • Two Styx female lions resting on White Cloth open area
  • Bahuti, the male leopard, resting at Mhisi Mati
  • Shadow, the female leopard, moving east from Airport Link Road
  • One buffalo bull resting at Red Dam

 

Zebra in afternoon light - Dawie Jacobs

Zebra in afternoon light – Dawie Jacobs

Thursday, 2 April 2015
(28ºC)

  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving north/east from Track South
  • One buffalo bull resting at Big Dam
  • One bull elephant feeding on Buchcamp East
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving east on EP airstrip
  • Two Styx female lions feeding on an impala kill south of Mhisi Mati

Friday, 3 April 2015
(29ºC)

  • A breeding herd of twenty elephants feeding on Drongo South
  • Kwatile’s young female leopard cub moving south on Grasscut Road
  • A breeding herd of about 80 buffalos resting on Our Southern Boundary
  • Five buffalo bulls resting on Parallel Road
  • Bahuti, the male leopard, resting on MMM North
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Pan To Pan Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, resting on Pump House Road
  • Four buffalo bulls resting at Red Dam

 

Saturday, 4 April 2015
(29ºC)

  • Anderson, the male leopard, and Tingana, the male leopard, having a stand off with Shadow, the female leopard, close by on Road 7
  • Nsele, the female leopard, resting on Mamba Road
  • Two Styx female lions resting at Treehouse Pan
  • Mvula, the male leopard, mating with Kwatile, the female leopard, north of Gowrie Main

 

Styx female lion - Dawie Jacobs

Styx female lion – Dawie Jacobs

Sunday, 5 April 2015
(30ºC, 1mm)

  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving south from Simbambili open area
  • One buffalo bull resting on Rhulani Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, resting in a tree after hyenas stole her impala kill on EP/Shirley’s cutline
  • The Tsalala lion pride resting at Kraaines Pan
  • One buffalo bull resting at Kraaines Pan
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on EP open area

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