Big 5 Sightings 19 to 25 December 2016

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The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see four Breakaway female lions and twelve cubs feeding on a buffalo kill at Serengeti Pan

The Breakaway pride – Neil Coetzer

Monday, 19 December 2016
(34ºC)

  • Two young male lions from the Tsalala pride resting at Big Dam
  • Shadow, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill on Simbambili Firebreak
  • A breeding herd of about fifty elephants feeding on A-main
  • Two elephant bulls feeding at Big Dam
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Kraaines Pan
  • A breeding herd of about forty buffaloes resting at Kraaines Pan
  • Four lionesses from the Nkuhuma pride resting with six cubs on Tsololo Road

 

Tuesday, 20 December 2016
(34ºC)

  • One Birmingham male lion resting north of Treehouse Pan
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, moving east from Leeukuil Pan
  • Three buffalo bulls drinking water at EP open area
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Rhino Ring East
  • Another breeding herd of about fifteen elephants feeding at Big Dam
  • One buffalo bull resting on Rhino Ring South
  • A breeding herd of about sixty buffaloes feeding on EP open area

 

Wednesday, 21 December 2016
(38ºC)

  • Nsele, the female leopard and her cub, resting on Rhino Pan Road
  • A breeding herd of about ten buffaloes resting at Rhino Pan
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Our Southern Boundary
  • Four lionesses from the Nkuhuma pride resting with their six cubs on Parallel Road
  • A breeding herd of about thirty buffaloes feeding on Rhulani Road
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding at Tamboti Crossing

Tiyani, the female leopard – Neil Coetzer

 

Thursday, 22 December 2016
(40ºC)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard, moving south from Wetpatch Road
  • One elephant bull feeding on Serengeti open area
  • Sixteen lions from the Breakaway pride resting on A-main
  • Five lions from the Tsalala pride resting at Big Dam

 

Friday, 23 December 2016

(40ºC)

  • Four lionesses from the Breakaway pride with twelve cubs feeding on a buffalo kill at Serengeti Pan
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Serengeti open area
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, resting on EP Driveway
  • Two buffalo bulls resting at Kraaines Pan
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, feeding on a duiker kill on EP Driveway
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Konkoni Road
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on A-Main
  • Moya, the female leopard, resting on Our Southern Boundary

 

Saturday, 24 December 2016

(42ºC,15mm)

  • Three Majingi male lions feeding on two separate buffalo kills on Simbambili firebreak
  • A breeding herd of twenty buffaloes feeding on Pungwe Island
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on EP open area
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty buffaloes feeding on Simbambili firebreak

Lion cub from the Breakaway pride – Neil Coetzer

 

Sunday, 25 December 2016

(25ºC,12mm)

  • Two male cheetah moving south from Jackal Road
  • Karula, the female leopard and her two cubs, feeding on an impala kill just west of Little Gowrie Driveway
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Gowrie Main
  • Ingrid Dam female leopard, resting up in a tree on Wetpatch Road
  • One elephant bull feeding on Our Western Boundary
  • Five buffalo bulls resting on Our Southern Boundary
  • Three Majingi Male lions feeding on two buffalo kills on Simbambili Firebreak

 

 

 

 

 

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