News from the Kwando Concession in Northern Botswana
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Kwara camp
* Excellent Leopard sightings of a female that was seen every day for 3 days
around the camp, walking around and marking its territory
* Good Cheetah sightings including the resident male that was found lying
up. A Cheetah kill on an Impala was seen from start to finish in an open
flood plain area. This was a female Cheetah with 2 cubs.
* Good Lion sightings of a mating pair that have busy for a few days. There
are 2 large males in the group but only one has established his dominance
and is mating with the female.
* There a 5 resident Elephant bulls that are hanging around camp and general
game viewing is good.
* Good birds in general with lots of activity before the migrants depart.
Lagoon camp
* Excellent Lion sightings and the 3 large territorial males have been
followed for 5 days in a row � no kills though! The pride of 5 females have
increased with the addition of 5 new cubs!
* Good general game of Tsessebe, Blue Wildebeest, Zebra, Impala, Kudu and
small groups of Elephants.
* Nocturnal sightings include African Wildcat, Springhares, Bush Babies and
Genets. There has also been some good sightings of Owls.
* Boat trips on the Kwando River are proving popular and the Kwando River
has risen 20 � 30 cm this past week. The Hippos are moving to the shallow
areas.
* An interesting sighting with birds included the successful rearing of
Striped Cuckoo nestling � one raised by a Cape Turtle Dove, and the other
raised by a Grey Loerie.
Lebala camp
* Pack of 5 Wild Dogs was seen 3 times for brief periods but they are
hunting mainly in the Mopane woodlands making it difficult to follow.
* Lion sightings include 2 large male together, a pride of 4 females and
numerous sightings of nomadic males.
* Excellent Leopard sightings of a female with 2 young cubs. These cubs are
relaxed and habituated to the vehicles. They have been seen virtually every
day.
* Excellent sightings of 2 Sitatunga that are being seen regularly from the
Lookout point in camp! One is a young male and the other is a young female.
* Good Cheetah sightings of a male on his own and then also of a female with
a sub adult male.
* Nocturnal sightings include African Wildcat, Serval and Caracal.
* Very good general game sightings, especially Giraffe. A grouping
comprising of 59 individuals was sighted! Other species include Blue
Wildebeest, Zebra, Red Lechwe, small groups of Elephants and also small
groups of Buffalo (18 � 100)
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