Big 5 Sightings 05 – 11 March 2018

by | Mar 15, 2018 | Weekly Big 5 Sightings | 0 comments

The Big 5 highlight of the week was to see Tiyani the female leopard
 

Tiyani Female Leopard – Gerrit Ackerman

Monday, 5 March 2018
(36 ºC)

  • A breeding herd of about five elephants walking on Wetpatch Road
  • Styx pride of lions and one Birmingham male lion resting at Eagle owl crossing
  • A pack of nine Wild dogs moving south from Arhatusa airstrip to Lodolozi
  • One Buffalo bull at GBR crossing
  • Hukumuri the male leopard mating with Xidulu close to Parallel road
  • Thamba the male leopard moving north from Chitwa driveway
  • Styx pride of lions and one Birmingham male resting close to Eagle owl crossing
  • Five buffalo bulls at Siringeti Crossing

Tuesday, 6 March 2018
(37 ºC)

  • Hukumuri the male leopard mating with Xidulu close to Parallel road
  • Three Elephant moving east from Tamboti open area
  • Anderson the male leopard crossing to Londolozi close to Milkberry road
  • A breeding herd of about ten buffalo’s at Poachers corner
  • A breeding herd of five elephants on Kudu drift
     

Wednesday, 7 March 2018
(38 ºC)

  • Styx pride of lions And one Birmingham male lion resting on Mfezi Open
  • Four buffalo bulls resting at Poachers Corner
  • A breeding herd of about ten elephants feeding on Wetpatch Road
  • A breeding herd of about fifteen elephants drinking at Saseka Road
  • The Styx pride of lions and one Birmingham male lion resting at Shirly Elephant plains cutline
  • A breeding herd of about eight buffalos resting at Rhino Pan
  • Hukumuri the male leopard moving north over Simbambili cutline

    One male Hippo – Gerrit Ackerman

     

Thursday, 8 March 2018
(36 ºC)

  • Moya’s young female cub hunting on Rhino ring east
  • The Styx pride of lions resting west of Eagle owl crossing
  • A pack of nine wild dogs resting on Safari airstrip
  • A single elephant bull moving west over MMM north
  • Moya the female leopard sleeping at the mud wallows on Rhino ring east
  • A pack of nine wild dogs feeding on a male impala close to second windmill
     

 Friday, 9 March 2018
(32 ºC)

  • A pack of nine wild dogs caught a female impala on Elephant plains delivery road
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants moving east on Londolozi boundry
  • A large elephant bull moving south from Big dam
  • A pack of eight wild dogs resting at Five way junction
  • Ingrid dam the female leopard resting in a tree at Chesnut open area
  • Tsalala pride of lions resting at Nyala crossing
  • Tiyani the female leopard feeding on a duiker in a tree Bushcamp east
     

Saturday, 10 March 2018
(31 ºC)

  • Tiyani the female leopard resting east of Bushcamp east
  • Tingana the male leopard resting west of Chitwa dam wall
  • A breeding herd of about twenty elephants moving west over Chitwa open area
  • Two elephant bulls moving east on Gowrie main
  • A unknown female lion moving north on Ingala open area
  • A pack of eight wild dogs moving east over Elephant plains driveway
  • Three male buffalo close to the fence line west of Elephant plains driveway
     

    Sand pack of wild Dogs – Gerrit Ackerman

Sunday, 11 March 2018
(36 ºC)

  • Tiyani the female leopard moving east through Elephant plains lodge
  • The Styx pride of lions resting at Landcruiser crossing
  • The Nkuhuma pride of lions resting close to One eye pan
  • A elephant bull moving east from Big dam
  • Tsalala pride of lions resting on Mfesi open area
  • Styx pride of lions resting west of Big dam
  • A herd of about ten elephants moving west over Robsons boundry
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

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