The Nomad

Nick Kleer November 16, 2016 2 8

“You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” – Unknown Leopard cubs are born after a gestation period of roughly 90-100 days …

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The Week in Pictures #250

James Tyrrell September 23, 2016 13

We had 10mm of rain a few days ago, and it has been just enough to get one or two green grass shoots to poke their heads through the dry …

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Leopard Update: Mashaba Young Female Reaching Independence?

Sean Cresswell September 17, 2016 2 3

A sight eternally etched into my memory involves the fleeting glimpse of leopard rosettes darting through a thicket only a meter ahead of a lioness and the rest of her …

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Who Made the Kill?

James Tyrrell July 30, 2016 4 8

Two weeks ago we ran a post that looked at the possibility of the Mashaba female finally forcing her cub into independence. The reasons we cited were that she had …

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Is the Mashaba Female Moving On?

James Tyrrell July 14, 2016 1 4

A few weeks ago we ran a post on the impending independence of the Mashaba young female. At the age of 14 months, we speculated that it probably wasn’t too …

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“My” Leopards of Londolozi…

Kevin Power July 13, 2016 16 11

Ever since I was a young boy I can remember having an absolute fascination with leopards. The first time I can remember seeing a leopard was when I was about …

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The Week in Pictures #238

Amy Attenborough July 1, 2016 3

This week a very definite theme of animals in their environment seems to have emerged in this photographic collaboration between me and James Tyrrell. With the dry weather putting pressure …

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June: 10 of the Month’s Best Images

James Tyrrell June 30, 2016 6

2016 has reached its halfway mark, but before we launch into the second half of the year, we need to once again look back and recap some of the better photographic …

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A Surfing Leopard: Part 2

Nick Kleer June 27, 2016 15

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir Another blog about the Mashaba female..surprised?! Yet again this leopard and her daughter have provided me …

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The Mashaba Young Female: Approaching Independence

James Tyrrell June 9, 2016 3

Textbooks can be necessarily vague when it comes to giving facts and figures about wild animals, and when looking up the age of leopard independence, one will generally read that they …

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A Heart Warming Tale of the Nkoveni 2:2 Female’s Life

Rich Laburn May 7, 2016 6

Many years ago I was lucky enough to encounter the Mashaba 3:3 Female one late afternoon in May. She was full from eating an impala which she had stalked and …

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The Week in Pictures #230

Avijja Fonseka May 6, 2016 5

Looking back on the events of last week, we can be reminded that nothing in the bush is ever constant. The fall of one being gives rise to an army …

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The Week in Pictures #229

Callum Gowar April 29, 2016 6

This week was defined by the events that unfolded around Sable Boma Pan, a small waterhole near the Londolozi airstrip. An old giraffe bull, well into the twilight of his …

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