10 June
PM
Styx pride following buffalo towards torchwood dam but no lucky
1 bull buffalo west of second rock grazing west towards first rock
Breeding herd buffalo north of Torchwood dam
 
11 June
AM
Herd of buffalo east of Gowrie cut line crossing into Buffelshoek
1 male rhino, short horns wallowing  in the mud, Chela pan
 
PM
7 male’s elephants Gowrie signs grazing south
 
12 June
AM
Herd of elephants,  hornbills nest road grazing north towards cheetah plain pan
Breeding herd of buffalo green pan drinking water
 
13 June
AM
3 wild dogs east of Sydney’s dam, chasing impala, no lucky but also cross in to Manyeleti reserve
Herd of buffalo, battler drive grazing west
1 male Leopard Jordan crossing Gowrie main east into Vuyatela
 
14 June
AM
Nkarula with 1 cub quarantine walking east Twin dam road
2 bull elephant, weaver nest road grazing north towards tree house dam
 
PM
Styx pride quarantine  Vuyatela animals lying down
Herd of buffalo drinking water Buffelshoek dam
 
15 June
AM
Styx pride Vuyatela dam drinking water after they finishing to eat wildebeest but we find the carcass in the morning we didn’t see the kill happen
3 rhino Xibamu road animals grazing
Karula Leopard south of Gowrie dam hunting impala no lucky
Herd of elephant Djuma dam drinking water
 
PM
Styx pride lying down Gowrie dam
Nkarula, the  leopard, killed  an impala and 1 female Styx approached the place where Nkarula where feeding on  the impala, some growling, but lion wins and  Nkarula then  runs way,  all the Styx pride join to feed on impala
Nkarula run back towards the place  where she left the 2 cubs
 
18 June
PM
6 rhino drinking water big dam
Styx pride lying south of Djuma lodge
Herd of elephant came to drink water in front for Djuma lodge, Styx pride lying down about 50 m from them
 
19 June
AM
1 Manyeleti male lion on the  wall  at Buffelshoek dam
Herd of buffalo west of cheetah  plains, animals lying down
Herd of elephant old Djuma entrance

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