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Table 2. Historical look at daily average nyala count for the past five decades.

Year
Daily average count
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

Total 150 3,238 600 396 422 125

Additional mammals counted in 2020 included kudu, impala, bushbuck, suni,
bush pig and warthog (Table 3). Buffalo (total 3), banded mongoose (total 32),
slender mongoose (total 13) and squirrels (total 2) were also seen.

Table 3. Total number of additional mammals counted, by species and
waterhole.

Waterhole Age Sex Impala Kudu Bushbuck Suni Bushpig Warthog
M 32 0 8 0 0 13
Adults
Lodge F 155 0 39 0 0 13
Young M 11 0 3 0 0 3
F 6 0 3 0 0 6
M 5 0 15 8 6 5
Adults F 27 4 43 15 8 3
Main M 2 3 5 2 1 0
Young
F 3 4 9 0 1 0
M 20 0 0 0 0 1
Adults
Njati F 38 0 0 0 0 2
0
3
M
0
0
0
0
Young
F 5 0 0 0 0 1
M 46 6 9 0 0 0
Adults
Jasi F 163 7 12 0 0 1
Young M 16 0 4 0 0 0
F 7 2 1 0 0 3
M 2 0 11 1 1 3
Adults F 66 0 31 5 0 2
Nyanga M 4 0 13 0 0 0
Young
F 8 0 17 0 0 0
Total 619 26 223 31 17 56

Daily average* 309 13 111 15 8 23
*daily averages are rounded down to the nearest whole number.
As with the nyala, the numbers of impala, kudu, bushbuck and suni were improved
this year in comparison to recent years (Table 4).