About the Author

James Tyrrell

Alumni

James had hardly touched a camera when he came to Londolozi, but his writing skills that complemented his Honours degree in Zoology meant that he was quickly snapped up by the Londolozi blog team. An environment rich in photographers helped him develop the ...

View James's profile

23 Comments

on The Week in Pictures #482

Join the conversationJoin the conversation

Joan Schmiidt
Master Tracker

James, I loved all the photos, especially leopard🤗

Joan Schmiidt
Master Tracker

James, I loved all the Hippos🤗

Vin Beni
Guest contributor

Have never seen an elephant as submerged as the one here!

Christa Blessing
Master Tracker

Great week in photos.

William Paynter
Master Tracker

Beautiful pictures!

Chelsea Allard
Master Tracker

Interesting about the female hornbill tail feathers. I didn’t know they did that, but it makes perfect sense. It’s like being in a car wearing a cocktail dress versus a ball gown.

Denise Vouri
Guest contributor

Perfect week in photos-especially the hippo!

Mama Lioness
Senior Digital Ranger

These are great pictures! Seeing the life of conservation at its best is so lovely!

Cally Staniland
Master Tracker

Love the birds this week James, particularly the helmeted guineafowl 👌💕💕.. fascinating learning more about the red billed hornbill. I would imagine it must b difficult finding food without part of one’s ‘flight gear’ 🙃😉

Lisa Antell
Master Tracker

Lucky you to have the Avoca and the Nkuhumas…..we miss them up in the northern Sands….

Suzanne Myers
Explorer

Hello!! Always LOVE the updates!!! Has Anyone seen OR any updates On TSALALA Lioness and Daughter??? I LOVE THE TSALALAS!!! THANK YOU !!!!!!!

Ana Komljenović
Senior Digital Ranger

Hay dear James.
I just now watching the NGW documentary “Sisterhood”. It’s about Nkuhuma pride, Birmingham and Avoca males. Is it possible that is about the same pride and males that are now on Londolozi territory? I am confused because they speaking about 4 Birmingham and 3 Avoca males. (Documentary is from 2020. Djuma Game reserve). Please respond.
Tnx
Best regards Ana

James Tyrrell
Alumni

Hi Ana,
YEs they will be the same ones. I believe there is a third Avoca male from this group but he stays to the north of us. We re close to Djuma so see a few of the same lions as the prides and coalitions have quite big territories…

Ana Komljenović
Senior Digital Ranger

Thank you for your answer. But if there were four Birmingham males., it’s that also means that 2 of them stays north.? Do you now what happened with them?
How long have these two Birmingham males been in the Londolozi area.? (sorry but I’ve been following you for about 2 years. I haven’t all figure out yet ).tnx

James Tyrrell
Alumni

Unfortunately there are only two Birminghams left of the original 5.
I believe one died of wounds sustained in an encounter with a buffalo.
4 made it onto Londolozi, one of which disappeared a few months after they arrived and I don’t know what happened to him.
Three were left and one of them got a badly injured hip, but still survived for over a year. He eventually died in 2019, leaving the two that we see now…

Darlene Knott
Master Tracker

Beautiful shots, especially the Nanga leopard!

Paul Canales
Master Tracker

Great photo journal this week James. I love how every picture has elements that are revealed with deeper looking.

Al Kaiser
Guest contributor

So glad you found Nanga. My favorite leopard!

Linda Rawles
Digital Tracker

I love how the image of the elephant trunk continues “down into” the water.

Valmai Vorster
Master Tracker

I hope the nanga female will be alright, not good to hear she is hurt. The hippo showing his huge teeth and open mouth is fascinating. Loved the bee-eater, and interesting to hear that about the tail feathers of the female hornbill. Sorry to see the gaping wound on the zebra, hope she and leopard that is hurt will be okay. Lovely foto of the elephant in the water, they enjoy the abundance of water. Beautiful foto’s James.

Suzanne Gibson
Guest contributor

Great TWIP again, thanks. Wasn’t it Nanga who had a horrific looking injury last year, which healed incredibly well?

Pauli Bakker
Digital Ranger

Loved all the brilliant TWIP James!….thanks so much….all express the unique special beauty of Africa!….James, has anyone at all heard if the Marimba make HB, is still alive?….he would be at least 15 now I think…just wondering if anyone had heard anything across the Reserves…v difficult with all the rain of course….thanks James again….

Wian Eloff
Explorer

Wow it was a incredible week of sightings once again! How do one get to be a trainee ranger at Londolozi?

Connect with Londolozi

Follow Us

One moment...
Anonymous
Be the first to this photo
You and 1 others this photo
q

Filed under
Anonymous
10 April, 2798
+
Add Profile