Big 5 Sightings 22 to 28 February 2016

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The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub feeding on a bushbuck kill on EP open area.

Salayexe, the female leopard growling at a hyena below the tree - Neil Coetzer

Salayexe, the female leopard growling at a hyena below the tree – Neil Coetzer

Monday, 22 February 2016
(27ºC)

  • Lionesses of the Nkuhuma pride of lions chasing after seven buffalo bulls on Parallel Road
  • A breeding herd of about 300 buffaloes feeding on Seepline Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub feeding on a bushbuck kill at EP open area
  • Five buffalo bulls feeding at 2nd Windmill Pan
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on MMM North
  • Two elephant bulls feeding on Eastern Bank Manyeleti Road

Tuesday, 23 February 2016

(29ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub still feeding on the bushbuck kill on EP open area
  • A breeding herd of about 300 buffaloes feeding on Chestnut open area
  • Two wild dogs moving north from Saseka Road
  • A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants drinking water at EP open area
  • Another breeding herd of about 150 buffalo’s feeding on EP open area
  • Five buffalo bulls resting at Chitwa Dam
  • Seven elephant bulls feeding at Treehouse Pan
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty buffalo’s feeding at Rhino Pan Road

 

Wednesday, 24 February 2016
(32ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about a 100 buffaloes feeding on Simbambili Firebreak
  • Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub still feeding on a bushbuck kill op EP open area
  • Four buffalo bulls resting on MMM North
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Treehouse Pan
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty buffalo’s feeding on Chitwa open area
Breeding herd of buffalo - Neil Coetzer

Breeding herd of buffalo – Neil Coetzer

Thursday, 25 February 2016
(34ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub still feeding on the remains of the bushbuck kill on EP open area
  • One elephant bull drinking water at Rampan
  • Nsele, the female leopard stalking impalas on Rhino Pan Road
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Saseka Road
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
  • A breeding herd of about eighty elephants feeding on EP/Simbambili cutline
  • One buffalo bull resting on Puff Adder Road

 

Friday, 26 February 2016

(32ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub moving north from Nyala Crossing
  • One buffalo bull resting at Leeukuil Pan
  • A breeding herd of about 80 buffalo’s resting on Rhulani Road
  • Another breeding herd of about 100 buffalo’s resting on Robson’s Boundary
  • One elephant bull feeding on EP open area
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding on Zebra Drive
  • One buffalo bull resting in the water at Knobthorn Pan
  • One elephant bull feeding on Kudu Drift

 

Saturday, 27 February 2016

(24ºC, 1mm)

  • Shadow, the female leopard, moving east from One Eye Pan Road
  • Anderson, the male leopard, resting south of Shirley’s Crossing
  • Two elephant bulls feeding north of Rhulani Road
  • One buffalo bull feeding on Bushcamp East
  • Four lionesses from the Nkuhuma lion pride resting on Matundaluka Road
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding at Kraaines Pan
  • A breeding herd of about forty buffaloes feeding on Horseshoe open area
Elephant bull - Neil Coetzer

Elephant bull – Neil Coetzer

Sunday, 28 February 2016

(30ºC)

  • Four lionesses from the Nkuhuma lion pride resting at Simbambili Dam
  • Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub resting on Sixes Road
  • A breeding herd of about 100 buffaloes drinking water at Rampan
  • A breeding herd of about twenty-five elephants feeding on Rhino Pan Road
  • Three Birmingham male lions and three Styx female lionesses resting on Little Gowrie/Wessels cutline
  • Four lionesses from Nkuhuma lion pride resting on Methlowani Road

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