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| Mystery cat |
Life here at BlackLeopard Ingwe Camp continues to be very exciting.
Our camera traps have caught an amazing photograph of ourmystery cat.
It was taken on the 14th March 07.05 at the Graceland river bed location
Later in the week wechecked the camera traps to find quite an assortment of game including two moreleopard sightings.
The first a full frame of a leopard approaching the cameraat night and the second just a glimpse of a tail leaving the frame at anothertrap location in the same area, not long afterwards.
Next job is to identify them…
Below our some of our favourite pictures of the animalscaught on camera we hope you enjoy them.
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| Baboon family dispute |
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| Warthog family stroll |
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| Large Kudu Bull |
Another exciting addition to the research project is the laptop purchased with donated funds. The old laptop was donated by Will, but sadly it was getting old and important parts were no longer working.
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| Caralyn & Sara at work on the newly donated laptop, making the admin side a whole lot easier |
And last but not least, the new conservation camp is close to completion! Here are a few pictures to show the progress!
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| The newly erected tents! |
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| Boma at Conservation Camp showing the Living area and office |
Throughout August Ingwe Leopard project will be conducting an in depth study to determine what predator species are found within the wetlands area of Kudu Game Ranch. Several methods of recording predator movements are currently in place including the use of 11 camera traps spaced throughout the wetlands area along major roads and junctions. Sightings of predators are also recorded as well as all signs which include all spoor and scat encountered. So far the camera traps here recorded 13 different species none of which were predator species. However many tracks and signs of varying predators have been recorded. The spoor of Side Striped Jackal, Slender mongoose (see above image) and Water Mongoose have been recorded. There has also been a positive sighting of a cape clawless otter and scat samples of Leopard, Caracal and Serval have been found. So although at this stage no images have been captured on predators in the wetlands there presence is still very much known.
Written By Emma Loader, Ingwe Researcher