Big 5 Sightings 02 to 08 November 2015

by | Nov 10, 2015 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 2 comments

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see one male cheetah moving north from Serengeti open area.

Male cheetah - Neil Coetzer

Male cheetah – Neil Coetzer

Monday, 2 November 2015
(33ºC)

  • Four Birmingham male lions resting on Safari/Shirley’s cutline
  • The Tsalala lion pride resting at Simbambili Dam
  • A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding on EP driveway
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, resting on EP driveway
  • Shadow, the female leopard, feeding on a duiker kill on Safari/Shirley’s Cutline
  • Four Majingi male lions and two Breakaway female lionesses feeding on a buffalo kill on Mabuza Road
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on EP driveway
  • Another breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding on Our Western Boundary

 

Tuesday, 3 November 2015
(25ºC)

  • The Tsalala lion pride resting at Red Dam
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Tsololo Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, resting at EP/Manyeleti Crossing
  • Salayexe, the female leopard’s cub, resting at Leeukuil Pan
  • Anderson, the male leopard, resting at Leeukuil Pan
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding at Simbambili Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on One Eye Pan Road

 

Wednesday, 4 November 2015
(26ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about fifty buffalo’s feeding at Serengeti open area
  • Another breeding herd of about 500 buffalo’s feeding on A-main
  • The Tsalala lion pride resting on Guarri Central Road
  • Another breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
Tingana, the male leopard - Neil Coetzer

Tingana, the male leopard – Neil Coetzer

Thursday, 5 November 2015
(27ºC)

  • Another breeding herd of about 500 buffalo’s resting on Safari driveway
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub feeding on an impala kill east of A-main
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on Rhino Ring East
  • A breeding herd of about twenty five elephants feeding on Central Road
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants drinking water a Big Dam
  • One buffalo bull feeding on Kudu Drift

 

Friday, 6 November 2015

(30ºC)

  • A pack of about sixteen wild dogs moving east from EP driveway
  • One male cheetah moving north from Serengeti open area
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Rhino Ring West
  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving east from One Eye Pan
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, and her cub moving south from EP driveway
  • Six buffalo bulls resting at Kraaines Pan

 

Saturday, 7 November 2015

(33ºC)

  • Five Birmingham male lions feeding on a buffalo kill on Shudulu Road
  • A breeding herd of about 400 buffalo’s feeding at Boundary Pan
  • A breeding herd of about twenty five elephants feeding on Ikiso Road
  • Another breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Big Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on EP Delivery Road
Wild dog pup - Neil Coetzer

Wild dog pup – Neil Coetzer

Sunday, 8 November 2015

(34ºC)

  • Tingana, the male leopard, and Shadow, the female leopard, mating at Boer Bean open area
  • Five Birmingham male lions resting on Safari airstrip
  • Three adult wild dogs moving north from Kimbians Crossing
  • A breeding herd of about four hundred buffalos resting on Safari airstrip
  • A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding on Seepline Road
  • A pack of about eighteen wild dogs moving north from Big Dam

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