Big 5 Sightings 19 to 25 October 2015

by | Oct 26, 2015 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 2 comments

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see the pack of fourteen wild dogs playing and interacting right next to the vehicle. This pack has three adults and a remarkable eleven pups.

African wild dogs feeding on their kill - Dawie Jacobs

African wild dogs feeding on their kill – Dawie Jacobs

Monday, 19 October 2015
(32ºC)

  • Five young lionesses and one young male lion of the Breakaway lion pride, stalking a herd of about 400 buffaloes on Rocky Road
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Shirley’s open area
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Rocky Road
  • Another breeding herd of about fifty buffaloes resting close to Treehouse Pan
  • Three Birmingham male lions resting south of Treehouse Pan
  • Tingana, the male leopard, feeding on an impala kill on Grasscut Road
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants drinking water at Safari Dam

 

Tuesday, 20 October 2015
(35ºC)

  • Shadow, the female leopard, mating with Tingana, the male leopard on Madash Road
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on EP open area
  • One Birmingham male lion mating with one Styx lioness at Ingwe open area
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Horseshoe West
  • One buffalo bull feeding around Big Dam
  • Mvula, the male leopard, scent marking on Majingi open area
  • A breeding herd of about fifty buffaloes resting on MMM North
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Gowrie Main
  • Another breeding herd of about 200 buffaloes feeding around Pungwe Pan

 

Wednesday, 21 October 2015
(30ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Drongo North
  • Five buffalo bulls resting in the water at Kraaines
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants drinking water at EP open area
  • Five lions of the Tsalala lion pride resting at Serengeti Pan
  • Eight buffalo bulls feeding on Chestnut open area
  • Five buffalo bulls feeding on Rhino Pan Road
  • Two buffalo bulls drinking water at Kraaines
  • Shadow, the female leopard, mating with Tingana, the male leopard at Red Dam
Female lion watching some buffalo - Dawie Jacobs

Female lion watching some buffalo – Dawie Jacobs

Thursday, 22 October 2015
(28ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on our southern boundary
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on A-main
  • Ten buffalo bulls feeding on MMM South
  • Kwatile, the female leopard, resting on MMM South
  • Three elephant bulls feeding on MMM South
  • Four Birmingham male lions and one lioness resting on Majingi open area
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub feeding on a grey duiker kill east of EP airstrip
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding at Serengeti/Manyeleti Crossing
  • Five lions of the Tsalala lion pride resting close to Rhino Pan
  • Five buffalo bulls resting at Kraaines Pan
  • Seven buffalo bulls feeding on our southern boundary
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants drinking water at Big Dam

 

Friday, 23 October 2015

(30ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub still feeding on the duiker kill east of EP airstrip
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding close to Big Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about fifty elephants feeding at Grissly Bear Crossing
  • Eight buffalo bulls feeding on Rocky Road
  • Another breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding on Leopard Drift
  • Five buffalo bulls resting at Kraaines
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding at EP airstrip

 

Saturday, 24 October 2015

(29ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub moving east from Bushcamp East
  • A pack of about fourteen wild dogs resting at Red Dam
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on Safari driveway
  • One elephant bull resting on MMM North
  • A breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding at Serengeti/Manyeleti Crossing
  • A breeding herd of about 400 buffaloes feeding on EP/Simbambili cutline
  • Five buffalo bulls resting in the water at Kraaines Pan
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Madash Road
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Methlowani open area
Salayexe`s little cub resting in a tree - Dawie Jacobs

Salayexe`s little cub resting in a tree – Dawie Jacobs

Sunday, 25 October 2015

(32ºC)

  • Two buffalo bulls resting on Ekiso Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub playing south of Kimbian’s Crossing
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding and drinking water on EP open area
  • Another breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding on Milkberry Road
  • A pack of fourteen wild dogs playing around at Red Dam
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub feeding on a bushbuck kill on Kuala Bear Road
  • Another breeding herd of about fifty elephants feeding on Simbambili firebreak

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