Big 5 Sightings 23 to 29 May 2016

by | May 30, 2016 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 0 comments

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see one male cheetah resting on Safari airstrip.

Male cheetah - Dawie Jacobs

Male cheetah – Dawie Jacobs

Monday, 23 May 2016
(26ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard and Anderson, the male leopard, moving west on Wetpatch Road
  • One elephant bull feeding around Zimba Bridge
  • Twelve buffalo bulls resting in the water at Rhino Pan
  • Salayexe, the female leopard’s cub moving west from EP/Manyaleti Crossing
  • One buffalo bull resting in the water at One Eye Pan
  • Two Matimba male lions moving south on EP airstrip

Tuesday, 24 May 2016
(28ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants moving west from Zimba Bridge
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants moving south from Big Dam
  • Three members of the Tsalala pride feeding on a baby hippo on Safari Open Area
  • Two buffalo bulls resting at Kraaines Pan
  • Another breeding herd of about fifty elephants feeding on Central Road

Wednesday, 25 May 2016
(28ºC)

  • Two buffalo bulls resting in the water at Kraaines Pan
  • A breeding herd of about fifty elephants feeding on Central Road
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Shirley’s / Safari cutline
  • A breeding herd of about 400 buffalos moving west over Madash Road
  • Two Birmingham male lions resting on the eastern side of Ingwe Pan
Buffalo bull - Louis Liversage

Buffalo bull – Louis Liversage

Thursday, 26 May 2016
(21ºC)

  • One Birmingham male lion and one lioness of the Styx pride mating on Chitwa Airstrip
  • One lioness of the Styx pride and her four cubs resting north of Worsboom Crossing
  • A breeding herd of about forty elephants drinking water at Red Dam
  • Seven wild dogs moving west from EP driveway
  • One buffalo bull moving west from Red Dam
  • Salayexe the female leopard’s cub resting on Madash Road

Friday, 27 May 2016

(21ºC)

  • Three Birmingham male lions, one Styx female lion and her four cubs feeding on a buffalo kill west of Wessels/Annette’s Cutline
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants drinking water at Chitwa Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Wessels/Annette’s Cutline
  • A breeding herd of about 400 buffaloes feeding on Road 7
  • Twelve buffalo bulls feeding on Rhino Pan Road
  • Another breeding herd of about fifty elephants feeding on Wessels Old driveway

 

Saturday, 28 May 2016

(25ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving north on Robson’s Boundary
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Sawmill Road
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on EP driveway
  • A breeding herd of about 200 buffaloes feeding on EP Old driveway
Elephant bull - Louis Liversage

Elephant bull – Louis Liversage

Sunday, 29 May 2015

(26ºC)

  • One male cheetah resting on Safari airstrip
  • Eight wild dogs moving west from Kraaines Pan
  • One elephant bull feeding on Rhino Pan Road
  • Two buffalo bulls resting on Mamba Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard and her cub moving south from EP open area
  • A breeding herd of about 400 buffaloes feeding on Zebra Drive
  • Three lionesses of the Nkuhuma pride and one Birmingham male lion resting on One Eye Pan

 

 

 

 

 

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