New leopard in town
Fairly recently a new male leopard moved into Thornybush and we were lucky enough to see him quite well. He is originally from the Sabi Sand area and has made his way right up here. At the moment he controls…
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Category: Rare Sightings
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The African Wild Dog
In a wild dog pack urinating is used for multiple reasons. Apart from relieving themselves they also urinate to mark their territory, although this is usually done only by the alpha male and female – the rest of the pack…Read More »
Leopard kill
We’ve recently seen a lot more of the younger female leopard (known as the Makeppies female) and her cubs – it seems that she has taken over the territory around KwaMbili which used to belong to our old resident female…Read More »
African Rock Python
The African Rock Python is one of the largest species of snakes in the world, some even getting up to about 7m in length! Despite being non-venomous, these snakes still cause fatalities amongst humans. Attacks on humans are limited mainly…Read More »
The Southern Ground Hornbill
We were lucky enough to see these rare Ground Hornbills, one of the more striking large birds in the bush. They move around in small groups scouting for prey such as lizards, insects and snakes and their distinct call reach…Read More »
New life at the…
Did you know that hyena cubs are born with their eyes open, their teeth erupted and ‘aggressive’ tendencies developed? They are therefore playful from a very early age. All cubs live in a communal den where they are fed very…Read More »
Twins Spots spotted!
We hadn’t seen our old resident female leopard Twin Spots for quite a while until this lucky sighting! We found her wandering quite far northwest in the reserve, an unusual area to find her. But she is old now and…Read More »
New lion cubs!
We knew months ago that a lioness from our northern pride was pregnant. She then disappeared for a while and we knew she had cubs hidden well east of KwaMbili. For her and her cubs’ sake the site was closed…Read More »
Cheetah family in the…
It’s been a while since we’ve seen cheetah in the north of the reserve but it seems there is now a female who has come up from the south exploring new territory – and that with cubs! With our historically…Read More »
The Martial Eagle
The Martial Eagle is the largest eagle in Africa. They have very keen eyesight allowing them to spot prey from about 5 kilometres away! So for him to spot this Rock Monitor was no problem at all. Even though the monitor…Read More »
