Big 5 Sightings 18 to 24 May 2015

by | May 25, 2015 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 0 comments

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see a pack of about ten wild dogs playing on A-main.

 

African wild dog - Jonathan Vogel

African wild dog – Jonathan Vogel

Monday 18 May, 2015
(28ºC)

  • One Majingi male lion mating with one Breakaway female lioness on Seepline Road
  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving south on Madash Road
  • The Styx lion pride resting on Rhulani Road
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Madash Road
  • Two buffalo bulls resting at Serengeti Crossing
  • Kwatile, the female leopard’s young leopard cub moving east from Tamboti open area
  • One elephant bull feeding at Serengeti Pan

 

Tuesday 19 May, 2015
(29ºC)

  • The Styx lion pride resting on 1st Windmill Road
  • Shadow, the female leopard, and her cub feeding on an impala kill on Zebra Drive
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on A-main
  • Thandi, the female leopard, and her cub resting on Chitwa/Wessel’s cutline
  • Anderson, the male leopard, resting on Jerry Drive
  • Four buffalo bulls resting at Red Dam

 

Wednesday 20 May, 2015
(29ºC)

  • Two Matimba male lions moving west from Marula Bult Central
  • Two Styx male lions moving south from Big Dam
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Marula Bult South
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on EP open area
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Shirley’s Crossing
  • Tingana, the male leopard, resting on Safari Donga South
  • Shadow, the female leopard, resting on Safari driveway
  • Two buffalo bulls resting at Kraaines
  • A breeding herd of about five elephants drinking water at Rampan
Matimba male lion - Jonathan Vogel

Matimba male lion – Jonathan Vogel

Thursday 21 May, 2015
(27ºC)

  • A pack of about four wild dogs moving south from Our Southern Boundary
  • One elephant bull drinking water at Leeukuil Pan
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Madash Road
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on Ntoma Firebreak
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Rhulani Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, and Anderson, the male leopard, feeding on an impala kill on EP driveway
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on EP driveway

 

Friday 22 May, 2015

(24ºC)

  • The Nkuhuma lion pride having a standoff against a hyena clan on EP open area
  • A breeding herd of about fifty elephants feeding on EP open area
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving east from Serengeti Crossing
  • One elephant bull drinking water at Big Dam
  • One buffalo bull resting at Serengeti Pan
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Big Dam Link North

 

Saturday 23 May, 2015

(25ºC)

  • A pack of about ten wild dogs resting on A-main
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants drinking water at Big Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at EP open area
  • One buffalo bull resting at Serengeti Pan
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on A-main
  • One buffalo bull resting at Big Dam
Elephant bull - Jonathan Vogel

Elephant bull – Jonathan Vogel

Sunday 24 May, 2015

(28ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving south from Old Bushcamp
  • Four young Ximungwe lions resting on Simbambili Firebreak
  • A breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding at Shirley’s Crossing
  • Shadow, the female leopard, and cub feeding on an impala kill south of Knobthorn Pan
  • Tingana, the male leopard, resting close to his impala kill on Marakeng Drive
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Zebra Drive

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