December 2010
FLOCKFIELD FEMALE 6 YEARS 8 MONTHS
CENTRAL & EASTERN FLOCKFIELD, NORTHERN CHARLESTON
(2 sightings)
Shy and retiring the Flockfield female continues to play games with the rangers. One day she runs at the first sight of the land rover the next she is completely relaxed with three vehicles following her. Her territory doesn’t lead to frequent sightings of her which is a pity because she is one of the new generation of females and has a lot of her life to share with us but if we don’t find her enough we are going to lose out on amazing opportunities to watch the life of a female leopard in the wild.
November 2010
FLOCKFIELD FEMALE 6 YEARS 7 MONTHS
CENTRAL & EASTERN FLOCKFIELD, NORTHERN CHARLESTON
(1 sightings)
The Flockfield female remains elusive as ever and as the stats show was only seen once. The time that she was seen was very brief but the ranger who found her said that she is showing signs of been pregnant. This will be fantastic for the leopard population of Flockfield but it is just hoped that she will become a relaxed leopard in future times.
October 2010
FLOCKFIELD FEMALE 6 YEARS 6 MONTHS
CENTRAL & EASTERN FLOCKFIELD, NORTHERN CHARLESTON
(1 sightings)
She was spotted and immediately took off into the thick brush around the Kapen River. It’s so unfortunate that we don’t get to see this female much as she is starting her adult life and we are going to miss out on so many wonderful and unique sightings. Let’s hope that situation changes.
September 2010
FLOCKFIELD FEMALE 6 YEARS 5 MONTHS
CENTRAL & EASTERN FLOCKFIELD, NORTHERN CHARLESTON
(2 sightings)
This shy females continues to elude vehicles in the thickets of the Kapen river. She relaxes down after spending some time with her but due to her territory it’s not often that we find her. She as of now she has yet to produce any cubs that know of which is concerning but we hope with her recent matings that this might change.
August 2010
FLOCKFIELD FEMALE 6 YEARS 4 MONTHS
CENTRAL & EASTERN FLOCKFIELD, NORTHERN CHARLESTON
(2 sightings)
The two sightings of this female this month have been great. The first sighting lasted the whole day and it was of her mating with the Bicycle Crossing Male. She was nervous at first moving away from the vehicles and only coming to mate when the Bicycle Crossing Male called her. But as the morning went on she relaxed down and she ignored the vehicles and focused on mating. This must have relaxed her down and jogged her memory that we offer no threat. As a week later she was found around the Kapen River and again the sighting lasted most of the day, as she scented, hunted and rested with vehicles following her and her paying no attention to us at all. She seems to have settled nicely into the old territory of the Kapen female and as she continues to establish herself this will also led to her relaxing down.
FLOCKFIELD FEMALE 6 YEARS 3 MONTHS
CENTRAL & EASTERN FLOCKFIELD, NORTHERN CHARLESTON
(6 sightings)
This female has established herself well in the middle sector of Mala Mala; she seems unchallenged in the area and holds a large area, mainly due to the Kapen female being killed. However this large area also means we do not see this female as much as we would like thus sometimes she can be a little skittish to start with around vehicles, however she relaxes down quickly and this month, even led us to an impala kill, which provided great viewing for 3 days, while she fed at leisure and even progressed to hunt some impala in the area as the approached the kill. She has developed well and with her managing to hunt successfully and having no real pressure from other females, we hope to see her mating soon and hopefully some cubs.
June 2010
FLOCKFIELD FEMALE 6 YEARS 2 MONTHS
CENTRAL & EASTERN FLOCKFIELD, NORTHERN CHARLESTON
(4 sightings)
This female has not been seen often and the few times she has been seen she has been in very thick bush which has limited the opportunities and ability to stay with her for longer periods. The best sighting for the month was her catching and killing an adult female duiker, again is was very difficult and thick terrain and the sighting was difficult to get to but she seems to be doing well for herself and with the Kapen female now dead she has established a very big and unchallenged territory for herself.
May 2010
FLOCKFIELD FEMALE 6 YEARS 1 MONTH
CENTRAL & EASTERN FLOCKFIELD, NORTHERN CHARLESTON
(0 sighting)
There no sightings of the female during the month.
April 2010
FLOCKFIELD FEMALE 6 YEARS
CENTRAL & EASTERN FLOCKFIELD, NORTHERN CHARLESTON
(1 sighting)
A rare sighting of this beautiful female leopard. Only seen once during the report period. She seems to be well established in the Kapen females former territory. On the one occasion that she was seen it was down by Lower Kapen Crossing. As she walked southwards she scent marked along the way.
March 2010
FLOCKFIELD FEMALE 5 YEARS 11 MONTHS
CENTRAL & EASTERN FLOCKFIELD, NORTHERN CHARLESTON
(5 sightings)
This young female seems to have set up her territory southern Flockfield and northern Charleston. She has been seen more regularly this month with no sightings of her last month. When seen at night she has been very relaxed and even comfortable to hunt in our presence, however during the day she has been very skittish and takes time to settle with the vehicles. This will change as she settles into her territory and we continue to give her the space and respect allowing her to relax in our presence both during the day as she is at night.
February 2010
FLOCKFIELD FEMALE 5 YEARS 10 MONTHS
CENTRAL & EASTERN FLOCKFIELD, NORTHERN CHARLESTON
(0 sightings)
There were no sightings of this female during the month.
January 2010
FLOCKFIELD FEMALE 5 YEARS 9 MONTHS
CENTRAL & EASTERN FLOCKFIELD, NORTHERN CHARLESTON
(1 sightings)
She was only found once during the month at princess Alice pans, in attendance was the bicycle crossing male and the pair were mating. This is not her territory but the overriding need to find the dominant male in order to give the cubs the best chance of survival means female leopards will often travel far out of their territory in order to mate. Lets keep our fingers crossed that we will have even more leopard cubs in 2010.
To view the history of the Flockfield female (former daughter of the Jakkalsdraai female), click here.
