Big 5 sightings 15 to 21 September 2014

by | Sep 22, 2014 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 0 comments

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see Salayexe, the female leopard, hunting and killing a steenbuck on Jerry Drive.

 

 

Salayexe, the female leopard, chasing after a steenbok - Dawie Jacobs

Salayexe, the female leopard, chasing after a steenbok – Dawie Jacobs

Monday, 15 September 2014

(34ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Bushcamp West
  • Four buffalo bulls feeding on Old Borehole Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, resting on EP driveway
  • One buffalo bull feeding at Leeukuil Pan
  • Two Bermingham male lions resting close to Simbambili Dam

 

Tuesday, 16 September 2014

(33ºC)

  • Thirty buffalo bulls feeding at Star Chestnut open area
  • Ten buffalo bulls feeding on A-main
  • Lamula, the male leopard, feeding on an impala kill with Moya, the female leopard’s cub on Leopard Drift
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving west on Sawmill Road

 

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

(33ºC)

  • Moya, the female leopard’s cub feeding on a grey duiker kill on A-main
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Eastern Bank Manyeleti
  • Anderson, the male leopard, resting on EP driveway
  • Twenty buffalo bulls resting at Serengeti Pan
  • Ten buffalo bulls resting on Rhino Ring West
  • Another breeding herd of about eight elephants feeding on Milkberry Road

 

Buffalo bull - Dawie Jacobs

Buffalo bull – Dawie Jacobs

Thursday, 18 September 2014

(34ºC)

  • Anderson, the male leopard, resting on EP driveway
  • Twenty buffalo bulls moving south from Serengeti Pan
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at EP/Shirley’s cutline
  • Moya, the female leopard’s cub still feeding on his kill on A-main

 

Friday, 19 September 2014

(25ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about 100 buffalos moving south from Our Southern Boundary
  • One bull elephant moving west from MMM-North
  • A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding around Shirley’s crossing
  • Two buffalo bulls resting east of Simbambili Dam
  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving east from Big Dam

 

Saturday, 20 September 2014

(22ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding north of Jack’s Pan
  • Four buffalo bulls feeding north of Jack’s Pan
  • Two elephant bulls moving south from Chitwa airstrip
  • Styx lion pride resting close to Marieps Road
  • The Nkhuma male lion feeding on a buffalo kill on Golf Plains

 

Male warthog running - Dawie Jacobs

Male warthog running – Dawie Jacobs

Sunday, 21 September 2014

(25ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, hunting and killing a steenbuck on Jerry Drive
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Shimboma Road
  • Nkuhuma lion pride hunting and killing a buffalo east of Djuma Dam
  • A breeding herd of about 200 buffalos feeding at Djuma Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at EP/Shirley’s cutline
  • One Nkuhuma male lion feeding on a buffalo kill at Golf Plains

 

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