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Jun 11
2012
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conservancy updatesPosted by: scout in MBT - Conservancy Diary on Jun 11, 2012 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Head Scout’s daily report
Reporting date: 11.6.2012
over the last month pasture and water in the conservancy has been surplus and wildlife and livestock had enough. The core area has supported the big herds of elephant that has been around for nearly two and half weeks. The male lion has been spotted near the salt lick several times trying to hunt.The tower of girraffe is around and roams all over the conservancy. A new born from the tower is two and half weeks old and enjoying the company of the big journey.
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Scouts on Duty (Patrol) |
Chemichemi |
Main Gate/Barrier |
Off Duty |
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| yenko,shuel,njapit,tompoi and salau | sitto |
lenkiroro |
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Patrol route |
Bravo 1:main gate, chemchem,mlimani, and oyerata to BT. Afernoon to chemchem oloirien and back to main gate.
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Bravo 2: from base to Osinoni, ntulele,salt lick to BT. Afernoon to BT, orngenchemi,miti mbili osinoni to Base camp.
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Livestock Movement in the Conservancy |
No livestock intrusion into the conservancy core area. |
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Condition of wild animals |
good |
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Condition of cattle |
good |
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Condition of vegetation |
good and longer more in the core area. |
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Weather condition |
Rsunny in the morning and cloudy in the afternoons. |
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Water Supply |
surplus |
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Animals sighted |
No. of animals seen |
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African Civet Civettictis civetta |
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African Elephant Loxodonta africana |
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African Wild Cat Felis lybica |
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Banded mongoose Mungos mungo |
12 |
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Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis |
4 |
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Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis |
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Buchell’s Zebra Equus burchellii |
300 |
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Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus |
14 |
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Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer |
24 |
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Cape hare Lepus capensis |
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Caracal Felis caracal |
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Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus |
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Coke’s Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus |
14 |
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Common (Golden) Jackal |
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Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula |
30 |
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Eland Taurotragus oryx |
24 |
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Grant’s Gazelle Gazella granti |
4 |
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Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris |
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Honey Badger (Ratel) Mellivora capensis |
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Impala Aepyceros melampus |
400 |
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Kirk’s Dik Dik Madoqua kirkii |
14 |
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Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus |
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Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrina |
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Leopard Panthera padus |
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Lesser Bushbaby Galago moholi |
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Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis |
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Lion Panthera leo |
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Maasai Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis |
20 |
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Olive Baboon Papio anubis |
40 |
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Porcupine Hystrix cristata |
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Rock Hyrax (Dassie) Heterohyrax brucei |
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Serval Felis serval |
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Side-striped Jackal Canis adustus |
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Silver-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas |
6 |
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Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea |
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Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta |
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Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta |
2 |
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Striped Hyena Hyena hyena |
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Topi Damaliscus korrigum |
22 |
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Thompson’s Gazelle Gazella thomsoni |
80 |
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Warthog Phacochoerus eathiopicus |
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White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda |
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Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus |
70 |
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