Happy Birthday to the Nottens Female

Adam Bannister November 7, 2012 1 20

The Nottens Female (a.k.a. The Shaw’s Female) has just turned 17 years old! This is an incredible achievement for a leopardess in this area. Not only in the wild, but …

Leopards Wildlife

My Leopards of Londolozi

Adam Bannister October 31, 2012 1 1

This morning, after having a ridiculously good leopard sighting, I felt inspired to go through my computer looking back at some of the leopard pictures that I have taken over …

Leopards Wildlife

The Eye of the Leopard

Adam Bannister October 24, 2012 8

Like in all animals the pupil of a leopard’s eye constricts or dilates according to the amount of light that enters the eyes, with both pupils normally dilating in dim …

Wildlife

The Life of a Lioness

Adam Bannister October 23, 2012 20

After managing to find the Tailless Female of the Tsalala Pride relaxing together with her cub, I found it impossible to not share some of the footage with you all. …

Wildlife

Giraffes chase Cheetah

Adam Bannister October 22, 2012 10

The male cheetah’s shoulder blades sat high as his belly dropped to the ground. There was little cover in the recently burnt area, but he was skillfully approaching a herd …

Wildlife

Wild Dogs chase Kudu into watering hole

Adam Bannister October 20, 2012 3

One of the reasons I love my job is that every drive is different. You just never know what is going to happen. A couple of nights ago we had …

Wildlife

Lion Warfare: Majingilane vs New Males

James Tyrrell October 16, 2012 44

There are a couple of words and phrases that the Londolozi rangers use on the radio that get my pulse – and I’m pretty sure the pulses of the rest …

Photography Wildlife

Male lion, impala carcass and the vultures

Adam Bannister October 15, 2012 5

He used the Impala carcass almost as a lure. The Scar-Nose Majingilane Male lion, sat hidden in the thickets. His dark mane blended in perfectly with the dark green shrub. …

Wildlife

Hippo Sunscreen

Adam Bannister October 13, 2012 5

There was/is a belief that hippos sweat blood! This myth came about because of the dark red colour of the sweat. But believe me this is not blood; nor is …

Wildlife

How do birds land?

Adam Bannister October 10, 2012 4

Without getting too deep into the science of flight, I decided I would like to try research just a little about the physical adaptations and processes that allows birds the …

Wildlife

The Most Precious Lion Cub at Londolozi

Adam Bannister October 8, 2012 11

Most of you will be aware that the legendary Tailless Female from the Tsalala Pride has a cub, but I’m not sure if enough airtime has been given to this …

Wildlife

Who is the Piva Female?

Adam Bannister October 1, 2012 2 7

Londolozi is home to a very healthy population of Leopards. Over the years it has developed the reputation of being the premier spot in Africa to watch these majestic cats …

Leopards Wildlife

Tsalala Young Male at Londolozi

Adam Bannister September 28, 2012 16

I had to refer to the rangers sightings book to try find out exactly when these male lions were last seen at Londolozi. The answer…May 2012 For those of you …

Wildlife

Another magical bird: White-breasted Cuckooshrike

Adam Bannister September 19, 2012 4

It is wonderful and refreshing to know that after working at Londolozi for 4 years there are still new birds out there in the bush to be seen. The White-breasted …

Wildlife

Tugwaan Male mates with ‘Unknown Female’

Adam Bannister September 15, 2012 1 3

The other day the Londolozi trackers managed to track down a pair of mating leopards. Mating leopards are always wonderful to watch…emotional, passionate, loving, lustful, physical, fluid and ever so …

Leopards Wildlife

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