Big 5 Sightings 10 – 16 September 2012

The Big 5 Highlight for this week was a very special one! We saw 4 cheetahs, 3 males and 1 female, with an Impala kill. We do not see cheetahs very often and it was a real treat to have them in our area.

Tsalala female lions – Morné Fouché

Monday, 10 September 2012
(28ºC)

• A breeding herd of about 30 elephants feeding on Shirley’s open area
• 3 Buffalo bulls feeding on Milkberry Road
• Salayexe the leopard with one cub resting on Rhino Ring west
• A breeding herd of about 20 elephant drinking water at Big Dam
• 5 Buffalo bulls feeding on Puff adder road close to the view point

Tuesday, 11 September 2012
(25ºC)

• Salayexe the leopard moving north from Grissly Bear Crossing
• 3 Buffalo bulls resting on Saseka road
• A breeding herd of about 10 elephants feeding on Seepline road
• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding around Big Dam

Cheetah female - Willie Woest

Wednesday, 12 September 2012
(26ºC)

• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on EP driveway close to Elephant Carcass
• Tingana the leopard scent marking on Kudu Drift
• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Rhino Ring South

Thursday, 13 September 2012
(31ºC)

• A breeding herd of about 8 elephants feeding on MMM South
• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on our southern boundary
• 4 Young lioness of the Tsalala pride resting close to Big Dam
• A small breeding herd of about 8 buffaloes feeding in Serengeti/ Manyeleti crossing

Friday, 14 September 2012
(21ºC)

• A breeding herd of about 30 elephants feeding on MMM south
• A breeding herd of about 300 buffaloes feeding on Rhulani road
• A breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding at Serengeti Pan

Young giraffe – Richard Davis

Saturday, 15 September 2012
(20ºC, 4mm rain)

• A breeding herd of about 300 buffaloes feeding on Pungwe open area
• 6 Buffalo bulls feeding south of Zimba Bridge
• Shadow the leopard scent marking on the fire break east of Pommies Pan
• A breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding on EP delivery road

Sunday, 21 August 2012
(19ºC, 22mm rain)

• Salayexe the leopard and her 1 cub moving north into the Wetpatch Block
• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on A-Main
• 2 Leopards, Tingana and Moya, walking east on A-Main
• 5 Tsalala lioness and 1 cub moving west on our southern boundary