A Freebie

James Tyrrell March 9, 2015 17

A “freebie” out in the bush is an incident that could have gone badly wrong, but didn’t. It is a close call on a day that fortune was smiling on …

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The Week in Pictures #171

James Tyrrell March 6, 2015 7

With pans dry and no seep-lines flowing, we are staring a particularly dry year in the face. Whereas the game would normally still be dispersed at this time, more and …

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Young Female Leopards: Carving a Niche

James Tyrrell February 23, 2015 11

Just over two years ago we ran a post on the Sunset Bend female lineage. A beautiful leopard with a rich golden coat, the Sunset Bend Female was one of …

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The Week in Pictures #169

James Tyrrell February 20, 2015 9

The Week in Pictures #169. Wow. That number just hit me. When ranger Talley Smith came up with the idea, I’m sure she did’t imagine that over three years later, and …

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Nanga Female: The Quintessential Leopard

James Tyrrell February 10, 2015 1 3

The area in which the Nanga female has set up her territory lends itself fantastically to photographic opportunities that define leopard behaviour. Textbook photos of her lying in a marula tree …

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The Week in Pictures #165

Sean Cresswell January 23, 2015 8

The story of Londolozi’s wildlife carries on, unscripted. The story of life keeps rolling on. Our expectations can never be bottled as Mother Nature keeps surprising us with new developments, changing …

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Piva Male’s Continued Foray

Simon Smit January 21, 2015 2 8

The Piva young male and his focus on the south eastern stretches of Londolozi grow more and more day by day. The promising territory offered by the steep drainage lines …

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Two Leopards Fight For Survival Over a Warthog

Simon Smit January 12, 2015 21

After an incredible start to the morning, tracking and finding two of the Majingilane males, we thought we had, had our dose of action for the morning. We were about …

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The Week in Pictures #162

James Tyrrell January 2, 2015 9

Happy New Year to everyone! I hope 2014 was wrapped up in fantastic style and that 2015 has got off to a cracking start. It has been all systems go on …

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The Week in Pictures #161

Sean Cresswell December 26, 2014 14

It’s the final Friday of the 2014 calendar, and what a week it has been! The summer rains have made their mark already, with lots more expected, and we were …

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The Week in Pictures #159

James Tyrrell December 12, 2014 5

Hot and then rainy and then hot again. The summer rhythm is in full swing at Londolozi, with some lovely cooler conditions on the cloudy days keeping the action going …

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The Week in Pictures #157

Lucien Beaumont November 28, 2014 9

I live for being out on safari and my favourite time of the year is between mid November and mid December. There is the most incredible explosion of life at …

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The Tamboti Female: Looking to Reproduce

James Tyrrell November 10, 2014 4

The Tamboti female leopard can be an enigma at times. With probably the largest territory of any female at Londolozi, she can be tricky to track down, and will occasionally …

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The Week in Pictures #151

James Tyrrell October 17, 2014 7

The long-awaited rain has finally arrived, and it arrived with a bang, with about 70 mm falling over the course of one evening. The low levels of the Sand River …

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The Return of the King

James Tyrrell October 13, 2014 8

No, this is not an obscure reference to J.R.R. Tolkein’s book. Although parallels can definitely be made between what is happening on Londolozi and what happened when Aragorn of Middle Earth …

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