Author Archives: Grant Atkinson
Savuti wild dog encounter – one for all and all for one
Tweet We were following a pack of wild dogs to the north of Savuti camp on a late October afternoon. We know this pack as the Zib pack, their name coming from a local name for a nearby lagoon. The … Continue reading
A Warthog Hunt
Tweet In northern Botswana, the rainy season is the time when many animals have their babies. The carnivores of the area know this, and will often concentrate their efforts on catching these young animals.
The Power of the Pack
Tweet I was on a game drive out of Chitabe camp when we came across an intriguing interaction that took place between the local wild dog pack and their pups, and a young female leopard.
Upsizing The Meal
Tweet African wild dogs are big predators of impala in most areas where the ranges of the two species overlap. Whilst the average impala will feed a small pack of dogs for a day, larger packs need more food. They … Continue reading
The Pack Is Back!
Tweet The Linyanti concession area in northern Botswana, where Savuti Bush camp is situated, has a successful population of African wild dogs. Every year, sometime around the end of May, the wild dogs breed. This involves the digging of an … Continue reading
A Little Leopard Learns a Big Lesson
Tweet A female leopard that we see quite often killed an impala close to Savuti camp. After a couple of hours of feeding, she moved off for a while, only to return with her subadult female cub in tow. The … Continue reading
A Deadly Game
Tweet Working with Andy Biggs on one of his special interest photographic safaris in Botswana, Grant Atkinson and fellow trip leader and photographer James Weis were lucky enough to be witness to this spectacular life and death struggle between elephant … Continue reading
Who is following the sardine run?
Tweet This week’s blog post comes once again from the Wild Coast in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. The annual sardine migration that takes place here is happening as I write, so I thought I would describe some of the major … Continue reading
Information technology
Tweet It is quite fascinating to follow a big cat when they are on a territorial patrol. Last month I was able to watch the Dumatau male leopard as he went about on an early morning patrol. He is one … Continue reading
A different kind of line-fishing
Tweet When this female pied kingfisher dived into the waters of the Savuti Channel to catch a small fish, she got a bit of a surprise.