Gifts from the jungle

21st March

For a moment this afternoon a leopard sat on a rock above the road, its eyes and the sun searing into me.Yesterday a male tiger padded soundlessly along a forest track towards us. The jungle gives still.

Cats seen in 2015
cheetah Acinonyx jubatus fearonii            3
serval Leptailurus serval serval                3
leopard Panthera pardus suahelicus        2
lion Panthera leo nubica                          78

snow leopard Panthera uncia                   3
jungle cat Felis chaus                               1
tiger Panthera tigris tigris                          13

leopard Panthera pardus fusca                3