Big 5 Sightings 21 – 27 January 2013

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see Shadow, the female leopard, and her two tiny cubs!

Shadow and her cubs - Willie Woest

Monday, 21 January 2013

(27ºC)

• One elephant bull feeding on marula fruits on EP airstrip
• A breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding on Drongo South
• Two elephant bulls feeding on Robson’s boundary
• Two buffalo bulls resting on Sawmill Road
• Nsele, the female leopard, resting on Robson’s boundary

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

(31ºC)

• One elephant bull feeding on EP airstrip

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

(33ºC)

• One elephant bull feeding on Kudu Drift
• One buffalo bull resting in the mud wallows on EP open area

Two kudu females - Morné Fouché

Thursday, 24 January 2013

(32ºC)

• A herd of about 25 elephants feeding on 16th Crossing road
• Xivambalana, the sub adult male leopard, feeding on a juvenile zebra kill on Cheetah Plains driveway
• The Styx lion pride resting on Annette’s / Wessel’s cutline
• The three older Tsalala lionesses killing a warthog on Saffron Road
• Another breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Marula Bult
• One buffalo bull resting in Old Borehole crossing

Friday, 25 January 2013

(33ºC)

• Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub, playing on EP/Shirley’s cutline
• A breeding herd of about 15 elephants feeding on Rhino Ring North
• One unknown male leopard with a warthog kill on EP/Simbambili cutline
• Two wild dogs resting on Treehouse Pan open area
• The three older lionesses of the Tsalala pride resting on Saffron Road

Saturday, 26 January 2013

(28ºC)

• The three older lionesses of the Tsalala pride chasing Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub, into a tree
• Three buffalo bulls resting in Serengeti/Manyeleti crossing
• One buffalo bull resting in the mud wallows on Kudu Drift
• Shadow, the female leopard and her two cubs, walking east on Horseshoe East
• One elephant bull feeding close to Zimba Bridge
• A breeding herd of about 10 elephants feeding on Nyati Bamba Road

Tree squirrel - Louis Liversage

Sunday, 27 January 2013

(31ºC)

• A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Mfezi open area
• Two buffalo bulls feeding close to Big Dam
• Two buffalo bulls rolling in the mud on Leopard Drift
• Salayexe, the female leopard, stalking a few kudu females on Kudu Drift
• Tingana, the male leopard, scent marking on Rhino Ring South
• Two wild dogs eating a side striped jackal on the fire break, east of Simbambili Dam