Big 5 Sightings 10 November to 16 November 2014

by | Nov 17, 2014 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 0 comments

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see four Birmingham male lions scent marking at Serengeti open area.

Birmingham male lions - Dawie Jacobs

Birmingham male lions – Dawie Jacobs

Monday, 10 November 2014

(35ºC, 16mm)

  • One buffalo bull resting at Kraaines Pan
  • Four buffalo bulls resting at Serengeti Pan
  • Bahuti, the male leopard, feeding on a bushbuck kill east of Cheetah Plains driveway
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Safari airstrip
  • One buffalo bull feeding on Gowrie Main

 

Tuesday, 11 November 2014

(25ºC)

 

  • Breakaway lion pride resting on Konkoni Road
  • Tingana, the male leopard, resting on Lowveld Link Road
  • Bahuti, the male leopard, resting up in a tree on Xinzele Road
  • A breeding herd of about 200 buffalo’s feeding on Tsololo Road
  • One elephant bull feeding on Road 7
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Gowrie Main
  • Two elephant bulls feeding at Black Main Road

 

Sunset over the escarpment - Dawie Jacobs

Sunset over the escarpment – Dawie Jacobs

Wednesday, 12 November 2014

(28ºC)

 

  • Four Birmingham male lions resting at Serengeti open area
  • Bahuti, the young male leopard, resting on Gowrie Main
  • Quarantine, the young male leopard, moving north from Little Gowrie driveway
  • A breeding herd of about 300 buffalo’s moving east from Madash Road
  • One elephant bull feeding on Gowrie Main

 

Thursday, 13 November 2014

(38ºC)

 

  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Eastern Bank Marakeng
  • Moya’s cub feeding on an impala kill on Seepline Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving west from Bushcamp East
  • Four buffalo bulls feeding on Our Southern Boundary
    Three buffalo bulls feeding at Serengeti/Manyeleti Crossing
  • Four buffalo bulls feeding in Our Fathers Crossing

 

Friday, 14 November 2014

(26ºC)

 

  • One elephant bull feeding on Parallel Road
  • Four buffalo bulls feeding on Zebra drive
  • Two buffalo bulls resting on Saseka Road
  • One elephant bull feeding on One Eye Pan
  • Mvula, the male leopard, resting east of MMM South, close to his warthog kill
  • Thandi, the female leopard, moving north on Cheetah Plains driveway
  • Eight buffalo bulls feeding on One Eye Pan Road

 

Bawuti the young male leopard - Dawie Jacobs

Bawuti the young male leopard – Dawie Jacobs

Saturday, 15 November 2014

(29ºC)

 

  • Three Majingi male lions resting on our Southern boundary
  • One Birmingham male lion resting at Serengeti Pan
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding on A-main
  • Mvula, the male leopard, feeding on warthog kill on MMM South
  • A breeding herd of about twenty five elephants feeding on EP open area
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding at Serengeti Pan
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Shomboma Road

 

Sunday, 16 November 2014

(20ºC)

 

  • Two Birmingham male lions resting on Tsololo Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving south on EP open area
  • Five buffalo bulls feeding on Eastern Bank Manyeleti
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Marula Bult Central
  • A breeding herd of about 300 buffalo’s feeding on 2nd Windmill Road
  • Another breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding around Seef’s Pan

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