Lion cubs playing around a tree stump. The Breakaway likisiausiau pride of lions had emerged from the bushes as the day was drawing to a close. They were scattered over quite some distance in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Two small cubs were having...
Leopard with her Thompson's Gazelle kill. A very memorable encounter with a female leopard in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Early in the morning we found this female Leopard (known as Natito) high in a tree with a Thompson’s Gazelle that she...
Huge male Lion roaring as the storm clouds gather. The day was drawing to a close in the Naboisho Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Dark clouds had been rolling in for some time heralding a significant storm. We found members of the Breakaway likisiausiau pride of...
A Cheetah enjoys a refreshing drink. In the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara we had been following this female Cheetah (known as Nashipai) for quite some distance and times it was difficult to keep up with her. She was obviously on the look out for...
Leopard and her cub come down from the tree. Early in the morning ee had watched this leopard (known as Sankuet) and her six month old male cub finish off an Impala carcass high in a tree in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. We had seen them over the...
Argument between two male lions. The lion population is huge in the Naboisho Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara. In the early morning light we found these two males: father and son. The father was trying to impress on his son the need to leave the pride and go his own...
Fight between two male lions. The lion population is huge in the Naboisho Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara. In the early morning light we found these two males: father and son. The father was trying to impress on his son the need to leave the pride and go his own...
Noisy and angry interaction between two male lions. The lion population is huge in the Naboisho Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara. In the early morning light we found these two males: father and son. The father was trying to impress on his son the need to leave the...
Male lions snarling and roaring. The lion population is huge in the Naboisho Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara. In the early morning light we found these two males: father and son. The father was trying to impress on his son the need to leave the pride and go his own...
Playtime for a Leopard and her cub. We had watched this Leopard and her six month old male cub feasting on an Impala carcass high in a tree in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. They had come down from the tree and wandered off into a bush area to rest....
Leopard cub fools around. Whilst his mother relaxed, this six month old cub had plenty of energy so was happy to play around a small tree but could not resist tormenting his mother. She had recently made a kill and they had both fed well. We had followed them from the...
Leopard and her cub clamber around in a tree. In Kenya’s Maasai Mara, we found this female Leopard (Sankuet) high up in a tree moving what was left of an Impala kill higher up into the tree. Once it was safely stashed she began to look around for her six month old...
Leopard calling for and finding her cub. We found this female Leopard (Sankuet) very early in the morning when it was barely light in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Initially she was lying down but as the light improved she sat up. She began to call...
Mating lions. Early one morning in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, we found these two lions. We had seen them mating the previous day. This was one of the Lemick boys and a very fine specimen he was. It was not long before they began to mate. Watching...
A huge male lion early in the morning. We had seen this impressive male lion (called Osupat) one year ago in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara but he was not in very good shape. His brother had been killed so he was on his own and getting rather...
Cheetah on the rocks worried by a Hyena. For some time we had followed this female Cheetah (known as Nashipai) through the thorn acacia and then on to some rocks in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. She was alert and wary because a Hyena had been...
Leopard and her young son feast on an Impala high in a tree. We had spent a few days watching this Leopard and her six month old cub in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Having located a leopard kill in a tree it can often ensure reliable sightings of...
Leopard and her young male cub climb a tree to feast on an Impala carcass. The thunderstorm with heavy rain had been a feature of this game drive in the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. The Impala carcass in the tree had been there for some time and had...
Male Leopard cub on a kill in a tree during a thunderstorm. In the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara the rain and thunder had been with us for the latter part of the afternoon. In these fascinating conditions we found a six month old Leopard cub (son of...
Lion pride on a wildebeest carcass during a thunderstorm. Storm clouds had been building all afternoon over the Naboisho Conservancy in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. The rain had started when we found some lions of the breakaway Enesikiria pride finishing up a wildebeest...