{"id":11351,"date":"2026-02-08T09:58:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T07:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/?p=11351"},"modified":"2026-02-08T10:04:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:04:00","slug":"weekly-big-five-sightings-2-8-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/2026\/02\/weekly-big-five-sightings-2-8-february-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Big Five Sightings 2-8 February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11352\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cub66-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11352\" class=\"wp-image-11352 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cub66-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cub66-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cub66-480x320.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-11352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nkuhuma pride cubs &#8211; photo by Jordan Delvecchio<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Monday, 2 February 2026<\/p>\n<p>(35\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two Ndzhenga male lions, stationary at the northern end of Arathusa Airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani\u2019s cub stationary, east of Tsalala southern junction with East Bank Manyeleti.<\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, joined her cub during PM Drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, 3 February 2026<\/p>\n<p>(33\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A pack of 13 African Wild Dogs mobile southeast from Rhulani Pan.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of 13 elephants feeding along the KNP Boundary\/Hyena Road, Buffelshoek.<\/li>\n<li>One elephant bull drinking at Cruse Camp watering hole.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday, 4 February 2026<\/p>\n<p>(35\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, stationary in a Jackleberry with two cubs, on Safron Road.<\/li>\n<li>A pack of 13 African Wild Dogs mobile southwest from Arathusa Airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of 10 elephants feeding along Madash.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 40 elephants feeding along MMM North.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_11353\" style=\"width: 693px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cub22-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11353\" class=\"wp-image-11353 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cub22-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiyani&#8217;s female cub &#8211; photo by Jordan Delvecchio<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, 5 February 2026<\/p>\n<p>(34\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard, mobile southeast from Wetpatch to EP\/Arathusa Cutline.<\/li>\n<li>A pack of 13 African Wild Dogs stationary on Arathusa Airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>Two elephant bulls, stationary on Arathusa Airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard, mobile east along Arathusa Airstrip.<\/li>\n<li>Two Plains Camp Male lions, stationary on Konkoni.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Friday, 6 February 2026<\/p>\n<p>(35\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tortoise Pan, the male leopard, stationary in a Marula, southeast of the Marula Bolt 4-Way Junction N.<\/li>\n<li>Two Plains Camp Male lions, stationary on MMM North, north of One Eye Pan junction.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of approximately 40 elephants feeding on Makulu open.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday, 7 February 2026<\/p>\n<p>(37\u00b0C)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A breeding herd of 12 elephants, stationary on Leadwood\/Ximungwe junction.<\/li>\n<li>A breeding herd of 10 elephants feeding along Londolozi boundary, east of Saseka.<\/li>\n<li>Xidulu, the female leopard and her two cubs feeding on a waterbuck calf kill on the junction of Seef\u2019s Pan and 1<sup>st<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Tiyani, the female leopard and her cub with an impala kill on Eastern Bank Manyaleti.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_10857\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tiyani-in-a-appla-leaf-BW-1-of-1-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10857\" class=\"wp-image-10857 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tiyani-in-a-appla-leaf-BW-1-of-1-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tiyani-in-a-appla-leaf-BW-1-of-1-2-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/elephantplains.co.za\/big-5-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tiyani-in-a-appla-leaf-BW-1-of-1-2-480x270.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-10857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearl Spotted owlet &#8211; 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