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Enkesha, who loves to eat her greens, can often be seen browsing at a distance from the others in the forest. This morning she was no different and did not even notice as the Keepers and the rest of the Nursery herd made their way to another browsing spot. When she eventually realized that she was on her own, she began to frantically look for them, trumpeting and rumbling in the distance. The Keepers noticed her looking in different directions for the rest of the Nursery herd. Musiara attempted to rumble so that she could locate them, but his rumble wasn’t loud enough. Eventually Tagwa and Tamiyoi realized she was missing and rumbled so loudly that she knew exactly where they were and came running over full of excitement. She was happily greeted by Maisha and Sattao who appeared so excited to see her.

In the afternoon, the orphans were frightened by a herd of giraffes that came running past them. This caused all the orphans to charge off in different directions but Ziwadi especially got the biggest fright and she went running far off before the Keepers could get to her to calm her down. By the time the rest of the herd had calmed down, Ziwadi could not be seen. The Keepers immediately started to look for her, and after quite some time they found her drinking from the stream nearby one of the orphans’ browsing spots. The Keepers were so relieved that they quickly walked her back to the stockades. 

The previous evening, Kiko refused to go back into his stable and decided to walk around as the orphans made their way back to their stables. His Keepers were sure to keep him company as he wandered about the entire compound. Finally, around 6pm he happily went into his stable and began to munch away on his greens. In the morning Kiko appeared to be in the same mood and refused to go into the stockade neighboring Maxwell’s instead he chose to walk around the forest with his Keepers. Just before their midday feeding time, Kiko finally went into the stockade and began to eat the greens that were hung up for him.

At the orphans’ afternoon feeding time, they were all eager to have a mud bath and when Tagwa, Enkesha, Musiara and Naleku went into the muddy water, they were quickly joined by the others. Larro seems to miss some of the attention from the older girls and is always eager to take part in their activities. She was amongst the first to enter the water and join the older girls. In the evening, she could even be seen accompanying Kiasa back to her stockade. 

This morning from about 6am there were heavy showers and some of the orphans were reluctant to come out of their stables. Some such as Maktao and Larro do not like leaving their stables when it is raining, and the Keepers are always sure not to force them out. When it is time for the Nursery herd to start making their way out to the forest, the Keepers will open all their doors and let them decide when they would like to come out.

Maktao and Larro could be seen standing in their stables just watching the rain fall, whereas others such as Tagwa, Maisha, Nabulu, Kiasa and Roho sought shelter under the roof just outside Dololo, Roho, and Mukkoka’s stables. Roho was the first to brave the rain, and as soon as he started to make his way to the forest he was immediately followed by the others.  

As Roho and the others made their way out to the forest Kiombo and Enkesha were already way ahead of them seemingly unworried by the weather. Enkesha seemed the happiest as she made her way deeper into the forest with Kiombo by her side. Some of the Keepers had to pick up the pace to keep up with them and make sure they didn’t wander off too far. Maktao and Larro eventually made their way out to the forest once the rain had subsided. 

There were heavy showers throughout this morning and the Keepers made the decision to rather keep the younger orphans such as Ziwadi, Roho, and Naleku inside, in the warmth of their stables. Unfortunately, this meant that they had to stay behind as the rest of the Nursery herd made their way to the forest.

The older orphans were loving the rain and could be seen charging and splashing around in all the muddy puddles. The first to enjoy a mud bath in the puddles were Tagwa, Maisha, Tamiyoi, Nabulu and Enkesha, as they all had fun rolling around, and the rest of the Nursery herd seemed interested in joining them. Musiara and Maktao, who always love to jump on the backs of their friends, were quick to join in and start climbing on Enkesha, Maisha and Nabulu. Musiara even tried to climb on Tagwa’s back, but due to her height and size he just kept sliding off and landing on his bum.

As the orphans were so active in the morning, they were particularly quiet at their midday mud bath and didn’t seem interested in anything other than having their milk and greens. 

Early this morning, as the orphans settled in the forest, the older girls such as Tagwa, Tamiyoi, Maisha, Nabulu, Enkesha and Kiasa were all busy greeting and checking on the youngest little babies, Naleku, Roho and Larro.

On the other hand, the boisterous bulls such as Sattao, Dololo, Maktao, Musiara, Kiombo and Luggard were all busy charging after one another in strength testing matches. Sattao was playing with Dololo, Kiombo with Maktao, and Luggard with Musiara. Maisha who always seems so concerned about all the orphans in the Nursery herd, was keeping a watchful eye on the boys. Eventually she appeared to want to separate them, ensuring that their games did not become too rough, but none of the boys showed any interest as they carried on playing in the forest. 

This morning, around 10AM, Enkesha and Luggard decided to sneak off away from the Nursery herd and move further into the forest to find their own browsing spot. The Keepers were shocked to see Luggard following Enkesha as he is always so happy to browse near them. The Keepers followed them and when they eventually caught up to them, the two were found happily browsing unphased by their arrival. The Keepers decided to slowly usher them back to the rest of the herd where they could all browse together. 

The Keepers have noticed that orphans such Enkesha, Sattao, Musiara, Nabulu, Dololo and Kiombo are often fond of sneaking off and finding their own browsing area, and today Enkesha had managed to convince Luggard to wonder off with her. The Keepers have now had to keep a watchful on them, making sure they don’t walk too far away.

This afternoon, as the orphans settled back in the forest, Mukkoka, Dololo, Sattao and Maktao all began a wrestling match. It was fun to watch Mukkoka challenging Dololo, with Sattao constantly trying to separate them, and then Maktao constantly trying to climb on Dololo’s back whilst he was busy pushing against Mukkoka. The four appeared to all be so determined in their own games that they were confusing each other but all kept trying, and their game continued for a good while before they all got tired. 

After the orphans finished their 9am bottles of milk, the orphans split up into two groups. To one side was Tagwa with Roho, Tamiyoi, Nabulu, Enkesha, Kiombo, Dololo, and Musiara and to the other was Maisha, Kiasa with Naleku, Larro, Mukkoka, Ziwadi, Maktao and Luggard. Tagwa’s group chose to browse further in the forest whereas Maisha and Kiasa’s group chose to browse not too far from their Keepers. Maisha continues to remain close to Naleku and always appears interested in what the young little girl is doing, following her wherever she goes. Kiasa and Larro too continue to look after the little girl. Roho seems to change groups some days and can be seen spending time with Tagwa some days and then with Kiasa and Larro on other days.

Today, Maxwell was not in a sharing mood and wanted his morning Lucerne pellets and his stockade to himself. Every time the warthogs would enter his stockade Maxwell would be charging up and down chasing them away. At one point he was even sleeping when the warthogs tried to get to his pellets and he immediately got up and began to chase them. He could even be seen marking his territory as a warning to the warthogs to stay out. 

Enkesha continues to be a very independent girl, who loves to do her own thing and is quite happy to have some time away from the Nursery herd. The Keepers have also recently noticed that she doesn’t particularly like to lead the orphans and will often opt for someone else to lead. This morning, as the orphans were heading down for their 9am bottles of milk Enkesha was out in front running ahead of Ziwadi and Luggard, she suddenly stopped dead in her tracks and pushed Ziwadi to the front. Ziwadi too refused to lead the way, and she then pushed Luggard to the front, he also had no interest in leading and just began browsing along the path. As she was now behind, she just kept pushing Ziwadi and Luggard forward and they went on like this until Larro finally came rushing down and overtook them all. Once Larro was in the lead, they all happily followed her including little Naleku.

Whilst in the forest Kiombo and Musiara had a long wrestling match, and neither of them would back down. They could be seen playing for over an hour, until Nabulu came dashing over to separate them. As their game was ended by Nabulu the two walked off in different directions to start browsing. 

It has become the norm that every afternoon, after the midday mud bath and as the Keepers have their lunch, little Roho and Naleku will take an afternoon siesta in the forest. As the older orphans continue to browse the two little babies can be seen lying in the middle of them, fast asleep. The older girls seem to take turns as to who watches over them, and today it was Tagwa and Maisha’s turn. It is incredible to watch the older girls behaving like their mothers would be in the wild.

This afternoon, when the orphans arrived at the mud bath for their afternoon bottles of milk, Enkesha finished her milk and then walk off on her own. As the rest of the Nursery herd were busy around the mud bath, Enkesha stumbled across a group of guinea fowl that were walking through the long grass. Enkesha tried to rumble at them and scare them away but the guinea fowl took no notice of her and stood their ground. She eventually grew scared of these birds and started to trumpet loudly as if she were calling for help. Larro quickly went running over trumpeting, and flapping her trunk about, and she managed to scare the guinea fowl and chase them far away. Enkesha seemed relieved that the guinea fowl were gone, and she followed Larro back to the rest of the Nursery herd.