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You found "Sausage" Flutts & Brat or better known as the "Jackalberry Male".

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Awesome

Hey there, BC! Long time no see. How is the family?

All good Lisbeth

Good to hear

Bushy!

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 10:50 am Another leopard sighting and a very good one, it seems

Yes, an awesome sighting!!

Pumbaa wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 6:16 pm WoW Flutterby,

what an incredible leopard sighting close to camp closing time

Far too often the best sightings occur when you are already late, luckily you still made it in time

I know, such a pity we had to leave!

RogerFraser wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 7:09 pm Great Leopard sighting

And always when there isn't enough time

Really need to make a plan to stay there

Have you never stayed at Lower Sabie? Best area for sightings!

Richprins wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 4:16 pm Lovely leopard pics, Flutts!

Brat!

Food pics!!

Thanks RP. Sorry...forgot to take pics of the food.

ExFmem wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:40 am GORGEOUS leopard sighting .

I would have to agree with you!

Mel wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:39 am Terrific leopard sighting

The Brat know the priorities

Bushcraft wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 1:12 pm You found "Sausage" Flutts & Brat or better known as the "Jackalberry Male".

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Awesome

Wow...thanks BC!! Did you have any luck?

The next morning we left at gate opening time, as usual, and decided to head down the H4-1 again in the hope of finding more leopards.

About 4kms out of camp I spotted 4 lions right next to the road, which all the cars ahead of us had driven straight past.





They moved into the road and kept us entertained for a while.











They soon moved off so we carried on, only to find a lone male a little further on.



He didn't hang around long and we carried on. We scanned the area around the tree where we had seen the leopard which BC says is known as Sausage but couldn't see anything, so we moved onto the spot where we had seen the leopard on the kill...also no luck. I then suggested to the Brat that we go back to 'Sausages's tree' for one more look. As we approached we saw a few cars stopped and then I spotted him in the long grass next to the road...he was hunting!! He was difficult to keep track of as the bush was thick and he soon disappeared. The other cars moved off but we decided to hang around. There were some impala in the dip next to tree, and we thought he might try again. About 15 minutes later, we spotted him, stalking the impala. He then came charging out of the bushes but missed again! And again, we didn't get any pics as the bush was too thick and it all happened so fast!

We carried on, and soon found a traffic jam on one of the loop roads next to the river. We managed to find the 5 lions that were causing the chaos, but they were far away and not worth the stress.

A very large herd of buffs was much more interesting and easier to watch!

That was pretty successful, even if you didn't get photos of the leopard. But watching him stalking and hunting probably still got the adrenalin pumping

Quite a lot of buffs there indeed

Your patience ought to have been paid a little more, but at least you saw the leopard and it was "doing things"

Also the lions were moving around, which is far better than the usual flat ones

Simply love that masses of buffaloes, Flutterby,

and always lovely to spot lions early in the morning especially when others drive straight past them