Big 5 Sightings 24 – 30 July 2017

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The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see a pack of twelve wild dogs hunting impala’s on Serengeti open area
 

Wild dogs – Louis Liversage

Monday, 24 July 2017
(29ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, hunting impala’s at Pungwe Island Crossing
  • Hosana, the young male leopard, hunting impalas at 47 open area
  • Sibuye, the young female leopard, resting on Hoffman’s/Wessel’s cutline

Tuesday, 25 July 2017
(30ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding at 1st Windmill Road
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants drinking water at Leeukuil Pan
  • Ingrid Dam, the young female leopard, feeding on a steenbuck kill on Seepline Road
  • Three lionesses from the Styx pride resting with their six cubs east of Wessel’s camp

Wednesday, 26 July 2017
(26ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, hunting impala’s on Simbambili Firebreak
    Three buffalo bulls resting at north of Ntoma Crossing
  • One elephant bull drinking water at Leeukuil Pan
  • Tingana, the male leopard, resting in Marakeni Drive

Styx pride – Louis Liversage

 

Thursday, 27 July 2017
(27ºC)

  • A pack of twelve wild dogs feeding on an impala kill on Sixes Road
  • Anderson, the male leopard, moving south of Wetpatch Road
  • One Birmingham male lion resting at White Cloth open area

 

Friday, 28 July 2017

(25ºC)

  • Tingana, the male leopard, moving east from White Cloth open area
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding at Southern Fork Road
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on A-main
  • Another breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on our southern boundary
  • Nsele, the female leopard, feeding on a grey duiker kill at Picanini Utah Pan
  • Another breeding herd of about twenty elephants feeding on Bushcamp East
  • One elephant bull feeding at Poachers Corner

 

Saturday, 29 July 2017

(27ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, moving west from Milkberry Road
  • Nsele, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill south of Picanini Utah Pan
  • One wild dog hunting and killing an impala on Picanini Utah western Firebreak
  • Four buffalo bulls feeding on EP open area
  • A breeding herd of about twenty five elephants feeding on EP open area

Anderson, the male leopard – Louis Liversage

 

Sunday, 30 July 2017

(28ºC)

  • Salayexe, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill on Eastern Bank Manyeleti
  • Three lionesses from the Styx pride resting with their six cubs and one Birmingham male lion at Ingwe Pan
  • One elephant bull feeding on A-main
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on A-mian
  • A pack of about ten wild dogs moving north from Wetpatch Road

 

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