{"id":11042,"date":"2025-01-26T09:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T07:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11042"},"modified":"2025-03-31T07:56:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T05:56:37","slug":"weekly-big-five-sightings-20-26-february-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/01\/weekly-big-five-sightings-20-26-february-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big Five Sightings 20- 26 January  2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11043\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leopard-cub-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11043\" class=\"wp-image-11043 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leopard-cub-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" 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leopard sleeping in a Jackal Berry tree on KBR Road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 21 January 2025<\/p>\n<p>(31\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mokhomsava, the female leopard resting with one cub on Kudu drift South of Leopard drift at her den site.<\/li>\n<li>Two elephant bulls feeding at Serengeti Open.<\/li>\n<li>One buffalo bull, sleeping in a mud wallow outside Silvan lodge.<\/li>\n<li>Xitsalala, the male leopard, sleeping on A-Main at the junction of Serengeti Open.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 22 January 2025<\/p>\n<p>(28\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard and two cubs on Kudu Drift South of Leopard drift at her den site.<\/li>\n<li>One African elephant bull feeding at Triple Pan.<\/li>\n<li>Two Kambula male lions mating with the Talamati lioness on Vuyatela Access.<\/li>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard mobile South on Elephant Plains Driveway.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard sleeping in a leadwood at Elephant Plains Open Area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11044\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/torchwood-ym-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11044\" class=\"wp-image-11044 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/torchwood-ym-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/torchwood-ym-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/torchwood-ym-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young Talamati male lion, Photo by Jordan Delvecchio<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday, 23 January 2025<\/p>\n<p>(33\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One Kambula male lion stationary at Magic Willie Open.<\/li>\n<li>Elephant Plains hyena den active with three adults and 2 juveniles.<\/li>\n<li>One African elephant bull feeding on marula fruits on Elephant Plains Driveway.<\/li>\n<li>The Black Dam male lion stationary on Leopard Drift.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday, 24 January 2025<\/p>\n<p>(34\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard and her two cubs North of Eagle Owl Crossing with a warthog piglet kill.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard feeding on the remains of an impala kill on 15<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>The Nkuhuma pride of lions consisting of eight individuals and one Kambula male lion stationary on Londolozi Boundary junction Grass Cut.<\/li>\n<li>One African elephant bull feeding on marula fruit on the Northern side of Elephant Plains Airstrip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 25 January 2025<\/p>\n<p>(31\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard stationary in the 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