Big 5 Sightings 14 to 21 August 2016

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The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see Tingana, the male leopard, mating with Shadow, the female leopard, on Shirley’s/Safari Cutline.

Tingana the male leopard - Lee-Wayne Lubbe

Tingana the male leopard – Lee-Wayne Lubbe

Monday, 15 August 2016
(26ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard and her daughter Tiyani, still feeding on her grey duiker kill on Pungwe Island Open Area
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding at Leeukuil Pan
  • Four buffalo bulls resting at Kimbians Crossing
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding at Ngala Open Area
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, still feeding on the grey duiker kill just north of Kimbians Crossing
  • Another breeding herd of about 10 elephants feeding on EP Open Area
  • Another breeding herd of about fifteen elephants drinking water at Big Dam

 

Tuesday, 16 August 2016
(25ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on A-Main
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding on Marula Bult Central
  • Another breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding at Serengeti Open Area
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving south from Pungwe Island
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty-five elephants feeding at Bushcamp Pan

 

Wednesday, 17 August 2016
(24ºC)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard and Anderson, the male leopard, resting at Rampan
  • Karula, the female leopard and her two cubs feeding on an impala kill on Magic Willy Road
  • Moya, the female leopard, stalking impalas on Milkberry Road
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Bushcamp Pan
  • One buffalo bull feeding at 1st Windmill Road
Vervet monkey - Lee-Wayne Lubbe

Vervet monkey – Lee-Wayne Lubbe

Thursday, 18 August 2016
(25ºC)

  • Moya, the female leopard, moving North from our Southern Boundary
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Chitwa Open Area
  • Three buffalo bulls resting on MMM North
  • One elephant bull feeding on Bush Camp East
  • One elephant bull feeding at EP/Manyaleti Crossing
  • Three buffalo bulls resting at Red Dam

 

Friday, 19 August 2016
(27ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Bush Camp East
  • Three buffalo bulls resting on MMM North
  • Two lionesses from the Styx lion pride with eight cubs feeding on an nyala kill just East of Chitwa Airstrip
  • Karula, the female leopard, moving south from Baboon Pan
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding at Rampan

 

Saturday, 20 August 2016
(27ºC)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard, resting on A-main
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding at Ntoma Crossing
  • One Birmingham male lion resting at Mhisi Mati
  • Flat Rock male leopard, feeding on a bushbuck kill on Shinzele Road
Hyena and young - Dawie Jacobs

Hyena and young – Dawie Jacobs

Sunday, 21 August 2016
(28ºC)

  • Tingana, the male leopard, mating with Shadow, the female leopard on Safari/Shirley’s Cutline
  • The flat rock male leopard, moving south from Seepline Road
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Marula Bult South
  • Three buffalo bulls resting on EP Open Area
  • One Birmingham male lion and three Styx female lions resting with 8 cubs at Ingwe Pan

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