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No worries, thanks for contributing. Hopefully you'll have more sighitngs in the future

Wow stunning sightings and photos all!!!

On the morning of the 30 December 2012 we saw Miera again at Montrose

She was feeding under a tree



but did get up



sit again



make her way to the waterhole



and have a drink

Wonderful sighting Sharifa.......... of my favorite leopard!!!!...........

yes, magnificent
Do you think or know if there is something in the hole ? she looks like not so happy and drank beside the hole

I agree Anne it looks as if she was seriously ticked off at something at that water hole

Hi anne marie Sheenaugh Lee. We noticed this behaviour with cheetahs too. Not sure what it is, possibly their reflection in the water or maybe just the smell of lions because we have not seen lions do this when drinking at the waterholes. Below a picture of Lisettes cubs doing the same thing.

Very odd behaviour indeed. I've not noticed it myself. I wonder if it has something to do with them being younger animals and so a bit more cautious with water.

I have just finished the most recent release of the guide. It is up on the website and has todays date on the file name. The guide has grown recently with the addition of quite a few new leopards so naturally it is a larger file. I know this is quite a lot for some people to download but without sacrificing picture quality and usability it is hard to make it smaller.

So a brief list of the updates (apologises if i miss any).
New Leopards: L-12 (Rooiputs cub), Isidima, Warona (Auchterlonie Female's cub), Nkwe, Tshidi and Seleka (Barolong's cubs), N!xau (out of retirement) and L-11 (Safran's cub).

I have moved Maja, No12 and Twin to the historical section as they haven't been seen for over 2 years now

There are new pictures for: Rooiputs, Amur and N!xau.

Other updates have been to range maps and last sighting dates. There have been a lot of these and i don't have a list of all the changes.

If you have any comments or notice any mistakes then do please point them out to me.
I hope you all like the new version and can put it to good use.

yes Sharifa, it's possible...the reflection could be a problem (like this one in Kruger, seeing its image on the side of the car)
thanks AstroMatt
got a question...L-11 is not a name

You're right , L-11 isn't a name but i didn't want to delay getting the next version out much longer. He only went in quite last minute due to the severe lack of photos. I also want to speak to some people who saw him quite early on as they were (sort of) part of the first group of people to report him.
But don't worry he'll get one pretty soon....you'll just have to provide me with the photos

Thanks AstroMatt for the new guide

Looking good

Here's one of the cubs outside Twee Rivieren taken on the 28 January 2013

cute, cute little cat

Thanks peterpiper