Big 5 Sightings 27 March to 02 April 2017

by | Apr 3, 2017 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 0 comments

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see three lionesses from the Styx pride with their two cubs and one Birmingham male lion feeding on a blue wildebeest kill on Safari airstrip

 

Birmingham male lion – Dawie Jacobs

Monday, 27 March 2017
(33ºC)

  • Three lionesses from the Styx pride with their two cubs and one Birmingham male lion feeding on a blue wildebeest kill on Safari airstrip
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Our Southern Boundary
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Rhino Pan Road
  • One elephant bull moving east from EP airstrip

 

Tuesday, 28 March 2017
(30ºC)

  • One lioness from the Styx pride and one Birmingham male lion resting on Safari airstrip
  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving south on MMM South
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants moving west on Seepline Road
  • Another breeding herd of about fifteen elephants drinking water at Bushcamp Pan
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding west of Ngala open area
  • One buffalo bull resting at Bushcamp Pan
  • One elephant bull feeding at Simbambili Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Madash Road

 

Wednesday, 29 March 2017
(29ºC)

  • Nsele, the female leopard and her cub resting at Rhino Pan
  • Two elephant bulls drinking water at Rhino Pan
  • A breeding herd of about fifteen buffaloes feeding on Little Gowrie driveway
  • One buffalo bull resting at Pungwe open area
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Jerry drive
  • Three lionesses from the Styx pride with their two cubs and one Birmingham male lion resting on Safari airstrip

Young hyena – Dawie Jacobs

 

Thursday, 30 March 2017
(32ºC)

  • Two lionesses from the Styx pride with their two cubs and one Birmingham male lion resting on Mkombe Road
  • Two elephant bulls moving south from Grasscut Road
  • Anderson, the male leopard, moving west from Sawmill Road
  • Two lionesses from the Styx pride with their two cubs and one Birmingham male lion resting on Mkombe Road
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Bushcamp Pan

 

Friday, 31 March 2017

(35ºC)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard, resting on 1st Windmill Road
  • One Birmingham male lion moving north on MMM North
  • Three buffalo bulls resting on One Eye Pan Road

 

Saturday, 1 April 2017

(36ºC)

  • Three young male lions moving south from EP open area
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Our Western Boundary
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Seef’s Pan Road

Two elephant bulls fighting – Dawie Jacobs

 

Sunday, 2 April 2017

(30ºC)

  • Thandi, the female leopard’s cub resting at One Eye Pan Road
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants drinking water at Treehouse Pan
  • Three buffalo bulls resting at Red Dam
  • Two lionesses from the Styx pride with their two cubs and one Birmingham male lion resting west of Mhisi Mati
  • One elephant bull feeding on Wetpatch Road
  • One elephant bull feeding at Kraaines Pan

 

 

 

 

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