The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see the Nkuhuma lion pride and two Birmingham males moving around in our area for the whole week.
Monday, 13 March 2017
(31ºC)
- A pack of 15 wild dogs feeding on a kudu kill on Simbambili firebreak
- Salayexe, the female leopard feeding on a juvenile kudu on Drongo North
- Tiyani, the female leopard resting on Shombaan Road
- A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Robson’s boundary
- Two elephant bulls feeding around Treehouse Pan
- One buffalo bull feeding on Gowrie Main
- Three Birmingham male lions resting on Majingi open area
- Three lionesses of the Styx pride and two cubs resting close to Worsboom Crossing
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
(32ºC)
- Salayexe, the female leopard still feeding on the kudu kill on Drongo North
- One elephant bull feeding on EP open area
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Rhulani Road
- One elephant bull feeding on Simbambili firebreak
- Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Madash Road
- Three buffalo bulls feeding on Lowveld Link
- Tingana, the male leopard resting at Jaggi Pan
- Nkuhuma lion pride resting on Buffalo Scull South
- Shadow, the female leopard and one cub moving north from Maraken Drive
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
(37ºC)
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Matundaluka Pan Road
- Salayexe, the female leopard resting in a Marula tree on EP driveway
- One elephant bull feeding on EP driveway
- Tiyani, the young female leopard resting in a Marula tree on Xinzele Road
- One elephant bull feeding on Simbambili firebreak
- Three buffalo bulls resting on Lowveld Link
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Safari/Shirley’s cutline
- Nkuhuma lion pride resting on Pipe Line Road
- Two elephant bulls drinking water at Bushcamp Pan
Thursday, 16 March 2017
(27ºC)
- A breeding herd of about sixty elephants feeding on MMM South
- Hosana, the young male leopard and Xongile, the young female leopard playing at Baboon Pan
- One Birmingham male lion resting at Ingwe Pan
- Tiyani, the young female leopard resting in a Marula tree on Rhulani Road
- Salayexe, the female leopard resting in a Marula tree on Track South
- Kurula, the female leopard moving north on Little Gowrie driveway
- Two Styx pride lionesses and two cubs resting east of Mholowati Crossing
- Another breeding herd of about thirty elephants feeding on Seepline Road
- Three buffalo bulls resting on A-main
Friday, 17 March 2017
(28ºC)
- One elephant bull feeding on EP airstrip
- Three Nkuhuma lionesses and six cubs moving east from Madash Road
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Marula Bult
- One elephant feeding on Wetpatch Road
- Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Madash Road
- Tiyani, resting in a tree on Xinzele Road
- One buffalo bull resting in the water at Big Dam
Saturday, 18 March 2017
(34ºC)
- Tiyani, the female leopard resting at Big Dam
- Three Birmingham male lions resting on Bushcamp West
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on A-main
- Three buffalo bulls resting in the water at Buffalo Pan
- Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Bushcamp East
- One elephant bull feeding close to Buffalo Pan
- One elephant bull feeding on Tamboti open area
Sunday, 19 March 2017
(26ºC, 4mm rain)
- Three Nkuhuma lionesses, six cubs and two Birmingham male lions feeding on a warthog kill at Boundary Pan
- One elephant bull feeding at Leeukuil
- A breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on MMM South