Lioness grooms her tiny, one week old cubs in the den. In the Naboisho Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara, a lioness from the Breakaway likisiausiau pride had just given birth to three cubs just a few days ago, She had the cubs in a den in dense bushes. By careful...
One week old, lion tiny cubs in a den with mum. In the Naboisho Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara, a lioness from the Breakaway likisiausiau pride had just given birth to three cubs just a few days ago, She had the cubs in a den in dense bushes. By careful...
Lioness with her one week old cubs. In the Naboisho Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara, a lioness from the Breakaway likisiausiau pride had just given birth to three cubs just a few days ago, She had the cubs in a den in dense bushes. By careful positioning we were...
On a very chilly morning a lion pride gets going. On a very chilly morning in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara we set off to try and find the Iseketa pride of lions and find them we did! The light was still rather poor but we got into a great...
A lovely bonding session between a leopard and her six month old male cub. This leopard (known as Sankuet) and her six month old male cub have a territory in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. They had both feasting on a kill in a nearby tree. Sankuet...
Leopard and her six month old male cub playing. We found this leopard near a tree in which she had stashed her kill of a Thomson’s gazelle. She had a six month old male cub and he must have been nearby in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. As she lay...
A big male lion early on a misty morning with lots of flying insects. The sun was just rising and there was a thick mist in Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. We found this big male lion (known osupat) sitting among some bushes backlit and with huge...
A huge male lion yawns at sunset. We had spent a long time with this huge male called Osupat in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. He had been following a female and mating with her regularly. She was with him on the brow of this hill as the sun...
A six-month old male Leopard cub settles down for the night. For some time we had been following a female leopard (Sankuet) and her six-month old male cub and the sun was beginning to set in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. The mother left her cub near...
Huge lion pride sets off for the day. From darkness to sunrise we had watched these lions wake and prepare for the day. Suddenly they started to move. This part of the Breakaway likisiausiau pride number more than thirty big cats with females, subadults and cubs. An...
Huge lion pride at dawn. We set off from camp well before dawn heading to the area where we had seen the Breakaway likisiausiau pride the evening before. We found the lions when it was still dark using a thermal spotting scope. It was a little bit cloudy in the...
A six-month old leopard cub plays in a tree. We had been following a leopard (Sankuet) and her six-month old leopard cub along a lugga for quite some time. We were getting fleeting glimpses of them between bushes and trees. Then Sankuet emerged from the bushes....
Six-month old male leopard cub enjoys a drink. We had been following a leopard (Sankuet) and her six-month old male cub for quite some time in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. She wandered off into the bushes but her delightful young cub decided it was...
Lion pride with lots of playful cubs. Just as the evening light in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara was turning golden, we found more than 25 lions of the Breakaway likisiausiau pride in the shade of some bushes. The numerous cubs were very playful. The...
Thirsty lions. Just as the evening light in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara was turning golden, we found more than 25 lions of the Breakaway likisiausiau pride as they emerged from their resting place for the day. We thought they might head straight to...
Huge male lion finishes off a Topi kill and then the hyenas and jackals move in. This big male lion (Osupat) and his three sons have formed a powerful coalition in the Olare Motorogi conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. We heard that they had taken down a Topi...
Six-month old male leopard cub on a kill in a tree. For more than ten days we had been following a female Leopard (Sankuet) and her six month old male cub around their territory in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. This morning we found her lying in...
A male Leopard wanders along a lugga. Male leopards are often very shy and not easy to find. However, this afternoon in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara we came across this very relaxed male Leopard, known as Olopono. He is rarely seen because he...
A six-week old lion cub pesters its mother. In the Naboisho Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara, a lioness from the Breakaway likisiausiau pride had two six week old cubs. She had the cubs in a den in dense bushes and often it was difficult to see them. On this...
Huge male lion on patrol. In the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara we found two of the Lemek boys. Both were very impressive males, both looked powerful and had clearly been in multiple fights. I focused on this particular male because the background for the...