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Jul 16
2012
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BUFFALO HEARDS NEAR CAMPPosted by: ranger in SBT - Daily Game Reports on Jul 16, 2012 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date:16.07.2012
Buffalo herds near camp.
We are used to being visited by elephants in the camp, but this day it was the turn for the buffaloes which visited in a very large group. They got attracted by the lush green pastures which came as a result of the previous long rains. The group was a breeding herd which normally consist of younger bulls, females and young. At night we herd them making some noise as if fighting off some predators but in the morning they concentrated on the greener pastures with ease only getting a little scared as we approached.
| Animals sighted | Rangers | Kokan | Deus | Gordon | Jaffery | Birdi | Other | Total |
| Aardvark |
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| Aardwolf |
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| African Civet |
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| African Elephant | 123 | 341 | 211 |
120 |
123 |
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| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose | 12 | 11 |
45 |
23 |
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| Bat-eared Fox | 2 | 1 |
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1 |
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| Black Rhinoceros | 1 | 1 |
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1 |
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| Wilderbeest | 3000 | 3400 | 3400 |
2000 |
1500 |
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| Bohor Reedbuck | 2 | 2 |
2 |
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| Burchell’s Zebra | 1500 | 700 |
500 |
2000 |
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| Bushbuck |
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| Cape Buffalo | 100 | 67 | 44 |
56 |
34 |
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| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal |
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| Cheetah | 2 | 2 |
2 |
2 |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest | 12 | 3 |
34 |
7 |
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| Common Genet |
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| Common/Golden Jackal | 2 | 2 |
2 |
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| Defassa Waterbuck | 7 | 6 |
6 |
7 |
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| Dwarf Mongoose |
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| Eland | 67 | 77 | 56 |
45 |
58 |
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| Grant’s Gazelle |
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| Hippopotamus | 566 | 109 | 677 |
555 |
345 |
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| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala | 23 | 32 | 43 |
41 |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik |
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| Klipspringer | 3 | 4 |
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2 |
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| Large-spotted Genet |
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| Leopard | 1 | 1 |
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1 |
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| Lesser Bushbaby |
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| Lesser Kudu |
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| Lion | 3 | 3 | 7 |
3 |
6 |
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| Maasai Giraffe | 23 | 23 | 34 |
18 |
34 |
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| Olive Baboon | 56 | 87 | 24 |
44 |
26 |
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| Oribi | 3 | 5 |
2 |
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| Pangolin |
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| Patas Monkey |
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| Porcupine |
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| Rock Hyrax/Dassie | 4 | 8 | 7 |
3 |
4 |
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| Serval |
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| Side-striped Jackal |
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| Silver-backed Jackal | 2 |
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4 |
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| Slender Mongoose |
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| Small-spotted Genet |
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| Spotted Hyena | 1 |
6 |
3 |
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| Squirrel |
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| Steenbok |
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| Striped Hyena |
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| Striped Pole Cat/Zorilla |
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| Thick-tailed Bushbaby |
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| Thompson’s Gazelle | 56 | 34 |
34 |
76 |
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| Topi | 45 | 45 |
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76 |
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| Vervet Monkey | 22 | 34 |
12 |
5 |
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| Warthog | 3 | 4 |
6 |
6 |
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| Water Mongoose |
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| White-tailed Mongoose |
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| Wild Dog |
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NB: * = Same animals seen by different rangers
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