Big 5 Sightings 13 to 19 July 2015

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The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see two Styx male lions feeding on a giraffe kill on Kuala Bear Road

Styx male lion chewing on his giraffe kill - Jonathan Vogel

Styx male lion chewing on his giraffe kill – Jonathan Vogel

Monday, 13 July 2015
(23ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub resting on EP driveway
  • A breeding herd of about fifty buffalo’s feeding on EP delivery Road
  • Tyson, the male leopard, moving north from Leeukuil Pan
  • Five Birmingham male lions feeding on a buffalo kill and chasing three unknown male lions around Picanini Utah Corner
  • Two Styx male lions still feeding on their giraffe kill at Kuala Bear Road
  • A breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding on Bushcamp East
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Serengeti Pan

 

Tuesday, 14 July 2015
(19ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub resting on EP driveway
  • Two Styx male lions still feeding on their giraffe kill on Kuala Bear Road
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Rhino Ring West
  • Five Birmingham male lions drinking water at Picanini Utah Dam
  • One Breakaway female lioness feeding on a buffalo kill at Picanini Utah

 

Wednesday, 15 July 2015
(23ºC)

  • Tyson, the male leopard, resting north of Pungwe Island Crossing
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub feeding on a grey duiker kill on EP driveway
  • Two Styx male lions still feeding on their giraffe kill on Kuala Bear Road
  • Five Birmingham male lions resting at Picanini Utah Dam
  • A breeding herd of about 400 buffalo’s feeding on Our Western Boundary
  • The Styx lion pride and one Matimba male lion resting at Lukas open area
Little bee eater - Jonathan Vogel

Little bee eater – Jonathan Vogel

Thursday, 16 July 2015
(25ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving west from Gaby’s Crossing
  • Three Majingi male lions resting on Ngala open area
  • Tyson, the male leopard, resting at Pungwe Pan
  • One unknown male leopard, still feeding on an impala kill on Our Southern Boundary
  • Anderson, the male leopard, resting at Kraaines Pan
  • Three Majingi male lions hunting and killing a buffalo at Simbambili Lodge
  • A breeding herd of about 200 buffalo’s moving north from EP airstrip
  • Two Styx male lions resting on EP airstrip
  • Five Birmingham male lions moving south from EP driveway

 

Friday, 17 July 2015

(26ºC)

  • Tingana, the male leopard, and Shadow, the female leopard, with her cub feeding on a grey duiker kill at Boundary Pan
  • One unknown male leopard, still feeding on an impala kill in a tree on Our Southern Boundary
  • A pack of about eight wild dogs moving north from Big Dam
  • A breeding herd of about 200 buffalo’s feeding at Picanini Utah Corner
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Shimboma Road

 

Saturday, 18 July 2015

(24ºC)

  • Shadow, the female leopard, and her cub moving west from MMM North
  • A breeding herd of about 200 buffalo’s moving east from Simbambili Firebreak
  • Three buffalo bulls resting at Kraaines Pan
Elephants - Jonathan Vogel

Elephants – Jonathan Vogel

Sunday, 19 July 2015

(25ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on MMM South
  • Ten buffalo bulls resting on EP delivery Road
  • Shadow, the female leopard’s cub, resting on MMM North

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