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Thursday, February 08, 2007
Migration Update - 8th February 2008
The Migration herds are still in the short grass plains area, where we would expect them to remain for the next couple of months or so, depending on how long the rains stay with us. Currently there seem to be two main bulk herds: one is south of Ndutu on the Makao plains and the other around Lemuta and the Gol Mountain area. However, these concentrations will change, both in number and location, on a daily basis within the general area of the Migration triangle: South Loliondo/Gol/Barafu/Naabi/Ndutu/Makao. There will also be major groups of wildebeest throughout this whole area separate from these two main concentrations.The wildebeest calving has started with new calves seen in the Ndutu – Makao area. Around Lemuta, there are the odd wildies that have given birth but it is not as far advanced. We would expect the calving to carry on for the next month to 6 weeks and of course there will still be some late arrivals after that. Given the early on-set of the rains, it is surprising that the calving season is not equally early but it is actually following the patterns of the previous few years.
The rains are following a traditional pattern at the moment, in that we go through rainy periods of a week or so followed by drier periods of similar length. The rainy periods are definitely still much heavier than normal but there is little disruption to safari itineraries as there was over Xmas and New Year. This seems set to continue for the time being.
posted by Nomad Tanzania at 12:53 AM