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14 January
PM
- 1 male lion Manyeleti male lying down on Khaya Manzi dam wall.
- 3 bull elephant at Nyala dam drinking water.
- Our trusty male cheetah from the east was hunting around Jacobin
camp.
15
January
AM
- A pod, which is the collective noun for hippo, was found at
Khaya Manzi dam. There were three of them.
- A bull elephant and female rhino were seen at rhino pan, obviously
competing for water,
PM
- 12 grumpy buffalo bulls were found on Xibamu road lying down
amongst the Terminalia trees.
- 1 female leopard - Whitecloth - was seen in a brown ivory tree
with a steenbok kill.
16
January
AM
- 2 male rhino sparing at Jordaan's dam. There must be a female
in oestrus nearby for them to be behaving like that, or they may
be competing over territory.
- 1 elephant bull in musth walking east from bush lodge entrance
on Gowrie main.
18
January
PM
- 1 female leopard-Nkurula was hunting at Sidney's dam. There
were over a hundred impala but she was detected by them as there
was insufficient cover for her.
- A magnificent elephant bull with massive tusks was seen drinking
water at torchwood dam. He was in musth but as cool as a cucumber.
19
January
AM
- The Nkuhuma pride was seen on a giraffe kill on Rebecca's road
close to Philemon's cutline. They made the kill the previous night
as there was minimal meat left over.
PM
- A very hot day proved to be very successful when checking the
pans.
- 12 buffalo bulls were wallowing at twin dams and a male cheetah
drinking water at cheetah plain pan.
20
January
AM
- A huge breeding herd of about a hundred elephant were drinking
at djuma dam. They were suddenly startled and ran south!
- 1 male rhino- short horn was marking his territory on Terminalia
road.
PM
- 1 male leopard- Manyeleti male has taken a fully grown kudu
female and dragged it under a russet bushwillow on Kaalkol east.
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