Big 5 Sightings 20 to 26 July 2015

by | Jul 27, 2015 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 1 comment

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see one Majingi male lion mating with one Breakaway female lion at Mfesi open area.

Majingi and Breakaway mating - Dawie Jacobs

Majingi and Breakaway mating – Dawie Jacobs

Monday, 20 July 2015
(27ºC)

  • Anderson, the male leopard, moving south on Rhino Pan Road
  • Three male buffalo’s feeding on Kudu’s Drift
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub resting at Shirley’s Crossing
  • One Breakaway female lioness resting on Bushcamp West
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Our Western Boundary
  • A breeding herd of about 100 buffalo’s moving east on A-main

 

Tuesday, 21 July 2015
(26ºC)

  • The Tsalala lion pride having a stare down with a pack of about eight wild dogs at Big Dam
  • A breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding at Big Dam
  • Nsele, the female leopard, resting on Rocky Road
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding on Seepline Road
  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving north from Broken Dam

 

Wednesday, 22 July 2015
(23ºC)

  • Two Styx male lions resting on Kudu Drift
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Wetpatch Road
  • Anderson, the male leopard, moving north from Leeukuil Pan
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, feeding on a cane rat kill on Shirley’s Crossing Road
  • Three Buffalo bulls feeding at Shirley’s Crossing Road
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Shirley’s Crossing Road
Burchell`s starling - Dawie Jacobs

Burchell`s starling – Dawie Jacobs

Thursday, 23 July 2015
(23ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about sixty elephants feeding on Shimboma Road
  • One unknown young male lion resting on Rhino Ring East
  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving east from MMM North

 

Friday, 24 July 2015

(26ºC)

  • Three buffalo bulls feeding on Simbambili Firebreak
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving north from Kraaines Pan
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on A-main
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Seef’s Pan

 

Saturday, 25 July 2015

(25ºC)

  • A pack of about eight wild dogs moving south from MMM South
  • One Sparta male lion moving south from Kraaines Pan
  • A breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding on EP driveway
  • Shadow, the female leopard’s cub resting on Parallel Road
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants drinking water at Serengeti Pan
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Bushcamp East
Elephant close up - Dawie Jacobs

Elephant close up – Dawie Jacobs

Sunday, 26 July 2015

(21ºC)

  • One Majingi male lion mating with one Breakaway female lioness at Mfesi open area
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding at EP open area
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding in Shirley’s Crossing
  • Six buffalo bulls feeding at Gaby’s Gosh way
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding on Shirley’s Crossing Road

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