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The Nhlanguleni Coalition

James Tyrrell September 3, 2019 1 20

Leopards – and animals in general – don’t always do what the books say, and in such a dense population as Londolozi, we are bound to start seeing behaviours as …

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Even Leopards Make Mistakes

James Tyrrell September 2, 2019 1 16

There’s no substitute for experience, but even 11 years of survival in the heart of one of the densest leopard populations in the world doesn’t prevent Londolozi’s oldest territorial female …

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Finding a Leopard on Foot

Matt Uys September 1, 2019 23

Ranger Grant Rodewijk and I had set out one afternoon for a drive, not looking for anything specific, just bumbling around for anything we could find. Not long after we …

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Flat Rock And Inyathini Walk Side By Side

More Male Leopards Fighting

Bruce Arnott August 31, 2019 12

We are out on an early morning drive. I stop the vehicle to watch the first herd of impalas we see. As I start to say something like, ‘Look how …

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The Week in Pictures #402

James Tyrrell August 30, 2019 29

First up, the answer to Mystery Bird #16: The answer was a Burchell’s Coucal, which many of you got right. A combination of long tail, habitat (the green of the …

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Anderson vs. Hosana Male Leopard

James Tyrrell August 29, 2019 2 35

Ranger Sean Zeederberg reports on this dramatic sighting: “When we arrived the Hosana male was lying on a termite mound about 100 metres away from where the Anderson male was …

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Nhlanguleni Leopard Bushbuck Kill Founders 9

Female Leopard Hoists off Camp Deck

James Tyrrell August 27, 2019 17

Ranger Dean de la Rey had a very pleasant surprise when enjoying his morning cup of coffee from the Founders Camp deck recently. The Marula tree that grows out of …

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What Bird is This? #16

James Tyrrell August 26, 2019 11

“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese” – Willie Nelson That quote has nothing to do with today’s post but I found it while …

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Leopard Update: The North

James Tyrrell August 25, 2019 33

With the Sand River historically acting very much like our own version of The Wall from Game of Thrones, we used to find that it acted as a convenient territorial boundary …

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Hyena Mornings in Photos

James Tyrrell August 24, 2019 14

The plan for our last morning’s game drive was to spend time at the local hyena den, and we were on the way there when ranger Andrea Sithole radioed that …

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The Week in Pictures #401

Fin Lawlor August 23, 2019 16

When TWIP was offered around the rangers room this week, I must have had a sudden rush of blood to put my hand up. Trying to follow the 400th TWIP …

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Hosana Male Leopard Back on Londolozi

James Tyrrell August 22, 2019 1 25

The male leopard dynamics continue to keep us guessing. The Anderson male, still massive, has somehow fallen off the top of the pile, and doesn’t appear to have the same …

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Cheetahs vs. Hyena

James Tyrrell August 21, 2019 7

Predator interactions can be the most exciting things to view in the bush, but sometimes the drama doesn’t escalate beyond a certain point, especially if there’s not food on the …

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Across the Sahara Desert in 24 Hours

James Tyrrell August 20, 2019 11

Some birds can’t wait to get back to Africa, and it seems the cuckoos are leading the race. Unfortunately, the reality here is that many species have advanced their migration …

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Do Lions Have Self-Control?

James Tyrrell August 18, 2019 18

Hardly. I say this after watching the Styx pride blow a buffalo hunt that could have landed them a meal for days. To be fair, the buffalo was massive, and …

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