The Nanga Female: Caught in the Crossfire
To say that the last few years have been tough for the Nanga female would be an understatement. Losing three litters and having constant turnover of the males in your …
To say that the last few years have been tough for the Nanga female would be an understatement. Losing three litters and having constant turnover of the males in your …
I’ve got a thing about leopards. The spots, the rosettes, the gorgeous, vivid orange and white and black. The gloss of an adult. The unbearably cute fuzz of a blue-eyed …
It started out as a normal day at Londolozi. Subsequent to a debrief from our astute Operations Manager, Duncan MacLarty regarding the arrival of my new set of guests, I …
The Matimba males, it seems, are here to stay. Although pushed out of their northern territory by the Birmingham males, they have been fortunate in that right next door is …
Camp Pan male vs Anderson male. This is a tough one, in that neither individual has been officially weighed, as far as I know, and we will never see them …
For me, this last week has been characterised by, not only a distinctive shift in the seasons but also by the changing predator dynamics on Londolozi too. I have seen three …
Just over a week ago we ran a post announcing the first sighting of one of the Matimba males on Londolozi. Since then both males have moved in as a …
The section of Londolozi north of the Sand River has been dominated by the Gowrie male leopard since early 2013. He first started making his presence known in late 2012, …
One doesn’t have to go very far to find drama in the bush. The camp is surrounded by wildlife, thanks partly to our riverfront position, yet we sometimes have to look no …
A couple of weeks ago we ran a post that looked at the resurgence of the hyena population on Londolozi, and how this was going to have a knock-on effect …
The 2008-2009 period saw the Vomba young female, Maxabene young males and Nyelethi young female and males being raised on Londolozi. After this came a dearth in leopard cubs during …
I remember clearly my first morning drive on Londolozi. It was grey and drizzly, and Head Ranger Chris Goodman was taking me and fellow trainee Dan Buys out to show …
In light of a recent blog post by Don Heyneke on the infamous Honey Badger, I thought I would go into a little more detail with you as to what …
The mystery leopard from the post earlier in the week is indeed the Mashaba female. Well done to those who put either her or the Tamboti female as their guesses, they …
“The wild is a voice that never stops whispering. It enters your pores by osmosis, and once its under your skin, good luck forgetting. The wild haunts the imagination, calling …