Big 5 Sightings 07 to 13 March 2016

by | Mar 14, 2016 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 0 comments

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see the Nkuhama lionesses feeding on two young buffalo kills on Xinzele Road

Nkuhuma lion pride - Louis Liversage

Nkuhuma lion pride – Louis Liversage

Monday, 7 March 2016
(40ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub resting at Gabby’s Pan
  • Three Birmingham male lions resting at Ingwe Pan
  • Shadow, the female leopard, resting at Knob Thorn Pan
  • Seven buffalo bulls resting at Red Dam
  • Seven buffalo bulls feeding around Treehouse Pan
  • Three lionesses from the Styx lion pride resting at Majingi open area

Tuesday, 8 March 2016

(38ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub moving west on Mabuza Road
  • Three lionesses from the Styx pride and one Birmingham male lion resting south of Treehouse Pan
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Pungwe Island

 

Wednesday, 9 March 2016
(25ºC, 65mm)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub feeding on an impala kill north of Rampan
  • Five lionesses from the Nkuhuma lion pride moving west from Mutzenzeleke Road
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on MMM North
  • A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding on Pan to Pan Road
Birmingham male lions - Louis Liversage

Birmingham male lions – Louis Liversage

Thursday, 10 March 2016
(25ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Guarri Central
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Bushcamp East
  • One elephant bull feeding on Madash Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub feeding on an impala kill on Pungwe open area
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Rhino Pan Road
  • Five lionesses of the Nkuhuma lion pride feeding on a young buffalo kill on Xinzele Road
  • One buffalo bull resting at Kraaines
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding close to Rampan
  • One buffalo bull resting at Drongo South

 

Friday, 11 March 2016

(27ºC, 34mm)

  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Madash Road
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on Sawmill Road
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Sixes Road
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Old Borehole Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub feeding on the impala kill north of Rampan
  • Five lionesses of the Nkuhuma lion pride feeding on another young buffalo on Xinzele Road

 

Saturday, 12 March 2016

(28ºC, 7mm)

  • Three lionesses from the Styx pride resting on Safari Donga North
  • One buffalo bull resting on Safari Driveway
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on MMM North
  • Five lionesses from the Nkuhuma pride moving east from Southern Fork Road
Styx female lion - Louis Liversage

Styx female lion – Louis Liversage

Sunday, 13 March 2016

(34ºC)

  • One elephant bull feeding on EP/Shirley’s Cutline
  • One elephant bull feeding on Methlowani Road
  • Three buffalo bulls resting on Eastern Bank Manyeleti
  • Tsakani, the female leopard, resting on Rhino Ring South
  • A breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding around Picanini Utah Pan
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Robson’s boundary
  • Another breeding herd of about forty elephants feeding close to Simbambili Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
  • Three lionesses of the Styx lion pride resting on Gowrie Main

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