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Sighting Report

19 - 25 October 2009

Monday, 19 October 2009
(29 °C)

  • One elephant bull feeding on Rulani Road
  • Salayexe fighting a hyena when he walked into her and the two cubs
  • Four rhinos feeding on Seep line, west of Big Dam link
  • A breeding herd of about 20 elephants drinking water at Rampan
  • The Sandy Patch female and her cub resting on Buffalo Scull Road
  • Four buffalo bulls resting on Safari open area


Tuesday, 20 October 2009
(32 °C)

  • Four rhinos resting on Safari close to Konkoni Road
  • A small breeding herd of about 10 elephants feeding on Arathusa Main Road, close to Sixes Road
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on Rhino Ring West
  • Mafufunyana resting on Magic Willy open area
  • Salayexe and the two cubs resting at The Rocks

  Male Lion. Picture by Morne Fouche
  Male Lion. Picture by Morne Fouche


Wednesday, 21 October 2009
(34 °C)

  • The Sandy Patch female and her cub resting close to Boundary Pan
  • The breeding herd of about 400 buffalo resting at Methlowani open area
  • Salayexe drinking water at Big Dam
  • One elephant bull feeding on Safari airstrip
  • Six buffalo bulls resting in the water at Serengeti Pan
  • Four buffalo bulls resting on Londolozi boundary


Thursday, 22 October 2009
(29 °C)

  • The sandy Patch female and her cub resting close to Simbambili Dam
  • Salayexe and her cubs, together with Tyson, on an impala kill on Wetpatch open area
  • Kurula and her cubs with an impala kill on Chitwa old driveway
  • One elephant bull on EP open area
  • A breeding herd of about 400 buffalo feeding at Pommy’s Pan


Friday, 23 October 2009
(31 °C)

  • Six buffalo bulls resting on Saseka, close to Milkberry junction
  • Four rhinos feeding on Tamboti open area
  • One elephant bull feeding close to Big Dam
  • Mbilo with a duiker kill on Arathusa Main Road
  • A breeding herd of about 20 elephants moving north from EP open area
  • The breeding herd of about 400 buffaloes feeding around Pommy’s Pan
  • Six buffalo bulls drinking water at Serengeti


Saturday, 24 October 2009
(32 °C)

  • Salayexe and two cubs resting at Rulani Road
  • A breeding herd of about 400 buffaloes feeding between Rulani and Xinzele Road
  • The Sandy Patch female trailing the buffalo herd
  • A breeding herd of about 40 elephants feeding at Rampan
  • Another breeding herd of about 10 elephants drinking water at Leeukuil


Sunday, 25 October 2009
(38 °C)

  • Four rhinos feeding on Seep line, close to Lowveld Link
  • The breeding herd of about 400 buffaloes feeding on One Eye Pan Road
  • Shadow drinking water at Simbambili Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about 40 elephants drinking water on EP open area
   
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