| BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE November 2007 BEAUMONT’S FEMALE * UNKNOWN AGE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON There have been no confirmed sightings of this leopard for 11 months. This leopard will be removed from the game report until such a time as she is seen again. October 2007 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON There were no sightings of this leopard during the report period. July / August / September 2007 BEAUMONT’S FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON There were no sightings of this leopard during the report period June 2007 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON The Beaumont’s female leopard has had a relatively successful report period. Her young cub is growing up well and she has provided some fine viewing while hunting in the area between the Beaumont and Trollop camps. A good example of how well her son is doing is that he is now exploring the area of her territory fairly extensively as was evident when he was found by himself just to the east of the Sand River, quite a distance to where he is usually found with his mother on the western bank of the river. January / February / March / April / May 2007 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON There were no sightings of this leopard during the report period. December 2006 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON The Beaumont’s Female was only seen once during the report period, close to the Sand River in the very southern parts of the reserve, moving east and scent marking. The cub was not seen during the report period and is probably independent of her mother by now. November 2006 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON There were two leopard sightings in the south of the reserve, where the animal in question was thought to be the Beaumont’s Female. This leopard is not seen with sufficient regularity to allow for positive identification. There was no sign of a cub accompanying the leopard. It is probable that the cub is now independent from her mother, given that she is already 25 months old. October 2006 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON The Beaumont’s Female was only seen on one occasion on the eastern bank of the Sand River on Charleston. This leopard is very active on the western bank of Charleston, which is not frequently driven by game drive vehicles. Her cub was not seen at all during October but is more than likely doing very well in this leopard rich habitat. September 2006 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON There were no confirmed sightings of the Beaumont’s Female during this report period. August 2006 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON The solitary sighting of the Beaumont’s Female indicates that all is well with this female leopard which inhabits the western bank of Charleston. This area has recently not been worked much, and her cub is probably doing fine as well. July 2006 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE WESTERN CHARLESTON (1 sighting) There was a single sighting of the Beaumont ’s Female on western Charleston in July. The area that forms the core of her territory is seldom driven these days, and she was certainly more active on the property than this single sighting suggests. June 2006 BEAUMONT ’S
FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON (1 sightings) The Beaumont ’s Female was only seen once during this report period. This does not mean that she was not active on Mala Mala as her territory falls in areas that are often not worked by the game drive vehicles. May 2006 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON (0 sightings) There where no sightings of the Beaumont’s Female or her cub during May, although the western bank were they are commonly seen was not worked much during the month owing to the still strongly flowing Sand River. January / February / March / April 2006 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE Location: ( WESTERN CHARLESTON ) December 2005 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE Seen briefly drinking at Charlseton North, the two leopards continued west in the thick reeds of the Sand River and were not pursued so as not to alarm the cub. November 2005 BEAUMONT ’S
FEMALE The Beaumont ’s Female, a particularly relaxed and attractive leopard, put in a strong presence on the eastern bank of the Sand River on western Charleston . She probably would be seen far more frequently if the western bank of Charleston was regularly worked. Her cub was only seen on one occasion, that being right at the beginning of the game report period. October 2005 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE There was just a single sighting of the Beaumont ’s Female leopard and her cub in October. They were to the west of the Sand River on northern Charleston and had apparently just lost a kill to some hyenas. September 2005 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE Location: ( WESTERN CHARLESTON ) Seen four times during the month, almost at weekly intervals, the Beaumont ’s Female was only accompanied by her cub on the first two occasions. In the vicinity of Beaumont ’s Hippo Pools, she would be competing with the Jakkalsdraai Female for resources. August 2005 BEAUMONT ’S FEMALE 1 FEMALE CUB (approximately 10 months old) Location: ( WESTERN CHARLESTON ) There were five sightings of the Beaumont ’s Female leopard in August, and she was seen with a cub on one of these occasions. There had not been any confirmed sightings of the Beaumont ’s Female for a long time, and it is likely that she had been spending most of her time to the west of Charleston . She still certainly spends most of her time to the west of the Sand River , but has no doubt had the need to head back towards the Sand River for water. Her cub seems quite relaxed in the presence of vehicles. April/ May / June / July 2005 BEAUMONT’S FEMALE There have been no confirmed sightings of the Beaumont’s Female leopard for a few months now, but the western bank of the Sand River on Charleston is not worked very often on game drives. January / February / March 2005 BEAUMONT’S FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON No confirmed sightings in January. December 2004 BEAUMONT’S FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON No sightings in December. November 2004 BEAUMONT’S FEMALE Location: WESTERN CHARLESTON The Beaumont’s Female is a newly named but highly
relaxed territorial female leopard, seen mostly on the western bank of
the Sand River on Charleston. She has already raised at least one litter
of cubs. It is believed that she is the “twin” sister of the
Newington Male, which would make her just over 6 years old. She was seen
on only one occasion in November. MalaMala
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