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10
February
PM
The 2 Sandy Patch Lionesses and the Manyeleti Male were found at
Vuyatela camp hunting Wildebeest on the clearing in front of camp.
They were unsuccessful in their attempts and were left heading towards
the pump house.
11 February
AM
3 Elephant bull were seen play fighting and feeding on Marulas on
the main road close to the Mlowati.
2 Breeding herds of Buffalo were found on the Buffelshoek area of
the reserve.
PM
1 Female Leopard (White Cloth) was found on Gowrie main road. She
was eyeing out tortoise before she started weaving through the woodland
hunting. She is Lactating heavily and it was very easy to see where
her cub/s was drinking due to the wet fur around her nipples. The
cubs have not been seen as yet but we are all looking forward to
the day that she brings them out for us to view. We have a good
idea as to where they are but are waiting for her to make the first
move and show us where they are.
A Large breeding herd of Buffalo was found between 1st and 2nd rock.
12 February
AM
2 Lionesses (Sandy Patch) and 1 Male Lion (Manyeleti Male) were
found south of Gowrie Gate heading North East towards Hardekool
Camp where they were last seen with their cubs.
They led us straight to their lair and the cubs ran out to meet
them.
A breeding herd of Elephants were found at Guarri Pan, being closely
followed by 3 large Bulls, one of which was in Muskth.
2 Male Buffalo were found on Cheetah cutline road laying in a muddy
wallow.
PM
A breeding herd of Elephants was seen on the southern side of Rhino
Cutline browsing slowly to the north.
1 Female Cheetah was found laying down on the Buffelshoek Airstrip.
She was left as it was getting dark, still laying out in the open.
13 February
AM
A large Herd of Buffalo was found at Sidney's Dam. They were all
laying down but started to get active after it started warming up.
1 male Lion (Manyeleti male was found near Galago Camp and was followed
in an Easterly direction towards the new den site of the Sandy Patch
females. We followed him to where the den was and watched as he
called for some time until the Lionesses appeared with the two cubs.
They all settled down in the open and we watched as the mother nursed
and played with the cubs.
PM
1 Rhino bull was found on Sour Plum road after having been tracked
for quite some time. He was grazing in the middle of the "block"(between
two roads) grazing.
A large breeding herd of Buffalo was found on the clearing south
of Hardekool Dam. The highlight was seeing a new born calf take
its first few steps with the umbilical cord still attached to it's
mother
14
February
AM
The Styx Pride (6 females and 1 Male) were found on Gowrie main
road south of Tree-House Dam. They were very relaxed and went to
lay down in the woodland on the North of the road.
PM
The Styx pride got mobile from their resting spot and moved east
along Gowrie Main Road but crossed our boundary to the South soon
after.
A large Elephant Bull was found on Cheetah Cutline feeding on Marulas
and moving slowly to the south.
2 Lionesses (Sandy Patch) and 1 male Lion (Manyeleti male) were
found in front of Galago Camp. They were followed for some time
until they killed an Impala to the East of Galago. The kill was
stolen off the 2 females by the male and they were left to go hungry.
15 February
AM
The morning started with a sighting of a large bull Elephant on
the southern end of Rhino Cutline.
1 Male Leopard (Newington) was found on the Nkorho Driveway. He
scent marked a few times and took notice of a herd of Zebra and
Impala out in the open on a small clearing, but decided not to hunt
probably because of the heat. He then lay down in the grass, groomed
for a while and then went to sleep under a Tamboti tree.
1 Female Leopard (Beacon female) and her 2 cubs were found west
of Nyala Dam. They were moving north looking for somewhere to lay
down.
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