Birmingham Male Lion Dies

James Tyrrell October 21, 2019 40

The Birmingham coalition is officially down to two. The injured male succumbed to his ailing health and died in the Sand River during the middle of last week. He had …

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That Haunted Look: Young Male Lions

James Tyrrell September 5, 2019 35

A pair of sub-adult male lions have been hanging around Londolozi of late, getting into a bit more trouble than they bargained for. I’ll be the first to admit that …

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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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The Week in Pictures #397

James Tyrrell July 26, 2019 21

First up (and I apologise here as this post was initially published without this information; I added it subsequently), the identity of the Mystery Bird Challenge… The answer was a …

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Almost the Holy Grail… But Not Quite

James Tyrrell July 16, 2019 27

Lions moving through water. The Money Shot. I don’t know what it is about a photo of a lion or lions wading across a river – no matter how shallow …

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The Week in Pictures #376

James Tyrrell March 1, 2019 15

Firstly, apologies for the late response to the “Who am I?” leopard post. The answer was indeed the Nkoveni female. Most people got it correct, so well done. We’ll find …

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The Week in Pictures #374

Dean De La Rey February 15, 2019 28

“To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual …

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Mating Lions Chased by Elephants: Photographic Lessons Learned

James Tyrrell January 24, 2019 9

This was one of those morning when more lessons were learnt than anything else. An epic sighting after which I was kicking myself for not being ready, so ended up …

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Ntsevu Pride Feast on Wildebeest

James Tyrrell January 20, 2019 9

Even an adult wildebeest wouldn’t go very far between four lionesses, two big male lions and 13 cubs. One unlucky individual got encircled in a Tamboti thicket recently, and ended …

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The Ntsevu Pride: Lions of Summer

James Tyrrell January 10, 2019 13

The movements of Londolozi’s lion prides are usually dictated by either the season or the resident male population. Lionesses might be hiding their cubs from an invading male coalition, or …

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The Week in Pictures #368

Dean De La Rey January 4, 2019 3 31

“Wilderness, in whatever way we describe it, becomes a chance for human beings to redeem their humanity. It is a place where we go to contemplate our origins, examine our …

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5 Things You Need to Know About Lions Before Coming on Safari

James Tyrrell December 31, 2018 13

Lions top many people’s lists of what they want to see when coming out to Africa. And for good reason. The apex predator of many of the continent’s more famous …

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Tsalala Lioness Flees from Birmingham Male

Nick Sims October 15, 2018 21

Very few things can match the excitement you feel when there are lions roaring near to camp, especially if you hear them just before you set off on a morning …

Lions

Lions Help Find Londolozi’s Rarest Kingfisher

October 4, 2018 14

Usually it’s a case of stopping to look at a bird that leads you to find a predator. This time it was the other way round. Londolozi alumnus Byron Serrao, …

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Birmingham Male Lion Searching for Tsalala Lioness

James Tyrrell September 17, 2018 16

The lonely roars of the Tsalala lioness have been emanating from the Sand River a lot recently. I use “lonely” in the acceptance that it is a human construct, and …

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