{"id":11241,"date":"2025-09-14T11:14:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T09:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11241"},"modified":"2025-09-14T11:14:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T09:14:03","slug":"weekly-big-5-sightings-8-14-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2025\/09\/weekly-big-5-sightings-8-14-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big 5 Sightings 8-14 September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11242\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Plains-camp-males-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11242\" class=\"wp-image-11242 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Plains-camp-males-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Plains-camp-males-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Plains-camp-males-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Plains-camp-males-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Plains-camp-males-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Plains-camp-males-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Plains-camp-males-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Plains-camp-males-1080x608.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plains Camp Males. Photo by Nicholas Greeff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 8 September 2025<\/p>\n<p>(34\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One Plains Camp male lion and one Nkuhuma lioness mating on Wetpatch Open Area.<\/li>\n<li>One Plains Camp male lion resting south west of Wetpatch Road.<\/li>\n<li>A pack of four African wild dogs with seven pups resting on Brown Ivory Road north of EW Cutline.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard with her cub, on a cane rat kill resting in a Leadwood tree, east of Island Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Two buffalo bulls stationary at Baobab Dam.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of ten elephants drinking at Baobab Dam.<\/li>\n<li>One unknown male lion mobile south of Mehluane.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 9 September 2025<\/p>\n<p>(30\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One male cheetah feeding on an impala carcass North of Hardekool Dam.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of 25 African elephants feeding on Long Pole West.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 10 September 2025<\/p>\n<p>(31\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Makhomsava, the female leopard, mobile south west from Madash South.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, and her cub feeding on a grey duiker kill south of Five Way Junction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11243\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retzs-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11243\" class=\"wp-image-11243 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retzs-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retzs-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retzs-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retzs-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/retzs-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1920px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retz&#8217;s Helmet-shrike. Photo by Nicholas Greeff.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thursday, 11 September 2025<\/p>\n<p>(35\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One Kambula male lion stationary north east of Hunter\u2019s Road.<\/li>\n<li>Three Kambula male lions, stationary on the Gowrie\/Buffelshoek Cutline. North West of Buffelshoek Dam.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 30 elephants feeding along the Manyeleti.<\/li>\n<li>Two buffalo stationary at Baobab dam.<\/li>\n<li>A herd of approximately 30 elephants drinking at Baobab dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday, 12 September 2025<\/p>\n<p>(29\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile west on Elephant Carcass.<\/li>\n<li>The Ntsevu Pride of lions, consisting of three lionesses and three subadults, mobile south from Big dam link south to Londolozi.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 18 elephants feeding along EP driveway.<\/li>\n<li>Xinzele, the female leopard, stationary east of Dead End Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, feeding on an impala kill with one cub on EP floodplains. Kill stolen by Tortoise Pan, the male leopard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 13 September 2025<\/p>\n<p>(35\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The leopards, Tortoise Pan, Tiyani and one cub, stationary on EP Open Area.<\/li>\n<li>Two buffalo bulls stationary on Helipad\/Josie junction.<\/li>\n<li>A herd of approximately 40 elephants feeding along EP\/Simbambili Cutline.<\/li>\n<li>Xinzele, the female leopard, stationary south of Rhino Pan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11244\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mzemba-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11244\" class=\"wp-image-11244 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mzemba-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mzemba-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mzemba-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mzemba-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mzemba-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mzemba-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mzemba-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mzemba-1080x608.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mzemba. Photo by Nicholas Greeff.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sunday, 14 September 2025<\/p>\n<p>(32\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, mobile north east from Ntoma Crossing to Tamboti Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 20 elephants feeding at Shirley\u2019s Crossing.<\/li>\n<li>A herd of approximately 15 buffalo feeding on Josie Road.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately ten elephants feeding on Zebra Drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, 8 September 2025 (34\u00b0C) One Plains Camp male lion and one Nkuhuma lioness mating on Wetpatch Open Area. One Plains Camp male lion resting south west of Wetpatch Road. A pack of four African wild dogs with seven pups resting on Brown Ivory Road north of EW Cutline. 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