Big 5 Sightings 30 January to 05 February 2017

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The highlight of the week was to see a pack of fourteen wild dogs moving east from Magic Willy open area

African wild dogs – Dawie Jacobs

 

Monday, 30 January 2017
(33ºC)

  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving west from Chitwa Dam
  • A pack of about fifteen wild dogs moving west from Southern Fork
  • A breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on EP open area
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Gowrie Main
  • Two buffalo bulls resting at Baboon Pan
  • Five lions from the Tsalala pride resting on Guarri Central Road
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Guarri Central Road
  • Shadow, the female leopard, moving south from Boer Bean Pan
  • A breeding herd of about eighty buffaloes feeding north of Broken Dam

 

Tuesday, 31 January 2017
(32ºC)

  • Two Nkuhuma lionesses and one Birmingham male lion resting north of Rhulani Road
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on EP driveway
  • One elephant bull feeding on Marula Bult North
  • Five lions from the Tsalala pride resting on Shomboma Road
  • Salayexe, the female leopard, resting up in tree on Shomboma Road
  • A pack of about fifteen wild dogs resting on Pump Track Road
  • A breeding herd of about twenty buffaloes resting on Tamboti open area
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Seepline Road
  • One elephant bull drinking water at Serengeti Pan

 

Wednesday, 1 February 2017
(33ºC)

  • A pack of about fifteen wild dogs feeding on an impala kill on 2nd Windmill Road
  • Five lions from the Tsalala pride resting at Kimbians Crossing
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Safari/Simbambili Cutline
  • Karula, the female leopard’s female cub resting on Gowrie Main
  • Two buffalo bulls resting at Jaggy Pan

 

Karula’s female cub – Dawie Jacobs

Thursday, 2 February 2017
(36ºC)

  • Five lions from the Tsalala pride resting at Guarri Central Road
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding at Bushcamp Pan
  • Three lions from the Styx pride and one Birmingham male lion resting at Safari airstrip
  • Tiyani, the female leopard, resting on Simbambili Driveway
  • A pack of fifteen wild dogs chasing a hyena away from a small impala carcass on Pungwe Island
  • A breeding herd of about thirty buffaloes feeding on Rhulani Road

 

Friday, 3 February 2017

(30ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving north from Rhino Ring East
  • A breeding herd of ten elephants feeding on Nyati Road
  • Five lions from the Tsalala pride resting on Rhino Pan Road
  • A breeding herd of about thirty buffaloes feeding on Pungwe Island
  • One Birmingham male lion and three lionesses from the Styx pride with two cubs resting on Zebra Drive
  • A pack of fourteen wild dogs moving east from Magic Willy open area
  • One elephant bull feeding at Tamboti Crossing
  • Five buffalo bulls resting at Mathandaluka Pan

 

Saturday, 4 February 2017

(34ºC)

  • One Birmingham male lion resting at 2nd Windmill
  • Five members from the Tsalala pride resting at EP airstrip
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Rhino Ring West
  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving south on MMM South
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Wetpatch Road

Styx lion pride – Dawie Jacobs

 

Sunday, 5 February 2017

(37ºC)

  • Nsele, the female leopard and her cub moving north on Robsons Boundary
  • Five lions from the Tsalala pride moving north on A-main
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Rhino Ring West
  • Four buffalo bulls resting at Baboon Pan
  • Two lionesses from the Styx pride resting at Buff Pan
  • Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding at Pungwe Island Crossing

 

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