Well fed

All the feeds from the camera crews and the webcams are piped into the stacks of kit in this tent. Well, with Big Cat Live and Raw over, the machines will feed no more. And somebody's going to have to pack all this away.

Goose chase

These Egyptian geese must lead charmed lives to have survived the attention of all the land predators and birds of prey who live here, not least the lion cubs. Perhaps their ability to move so easily between land and water is the reason.

Eye spy

White eye and two cubs have stayed put near the murram pit which may be why the pride have not gone very far yet. They are sleeping in the grass nearby.

Biccy break

Banded mongoose are easy to lure towards the camera - digestive biscuits do the trick.

Long legs

Wow, the cubs have grown so much since we first started filming them. We are amazed at the growth rate of these cubs and how long their legs are now. The quicker the legs grow the faster they become, and speed is their only defence in out-pacing lions and hyenas.

Who's that girl?

This is Angie Scott, accomplished wildlife photographer and spotter for the Lion team. Jonny is a very lucky boy, he and Angie have been married for 16 years!

This is the murram pit, dug ages ago to provide material for the airstrip nearby. The water is quite deep under the floating weed. There are hippos in here and, on the opposite side to us, a family of Egyptian geese. The pride is here too, all asleep but with the interesting possibility that nine inquisitive cubs might wake and notice nine goslings and their very defensive parents.

Sound test

Andy Hawley on the challenges of recording birdsong.

Over and out

One of the three Graces asleep. It has been fascinating to spend time with these three confident young cats and it will be interesting to follow their fortunes in future. Will they rejoin the pride one day or set up on their own?

Spot the cat!

Believe it or not but Shakira is lying under this bush! How many times do cars drive past sleeping cheetahs without seeing them?

Big egg

The second fastest animal on the plains after the cheetah - the ostrich, in this case a female.

Lone tree

The only tree and shade for miles around. Most of the Mara's trees have been destroyed by numerous grass fires and only the largest of the trees have survived. This tree is called a torchwood tree whose fruits and leaves are eaten by giraffes.

Needle in a haystack

Jacob Lelesara, leopard spotter, watches a narrow gap along the riverine vegetation.

Making a difference

Spotter Paul Kirui definitely made a difference on the leopard team. He was generally the first to find one of the leopards each day...

A quick drink

Shakira surveys the surrounding plains for gazelles. As the day heats up the cubs get thirsty and suckle.

Cameramen often hope to film "two-shots", a presenter and animal in the same frame for instance, but I think this picture must be unique; the first ever lioness/toilet roll two-shot. Bibi was on her way to join the pride when she walked past our car.

We wish you...

Sorry I'm missing your birthday, bro! Don't want Big Cat to end, but looking forward to a party and to seeing you next week xxxx (Don't worry everyone, I'll be back to filming the pride right away - Ben).

Admiring the view

Predictably perhaps, at noon on a warm day, the pride are asleep under a tree. I think they had a disappointing night and failed to catch anything. Red was quite grumpy with the cubs earlier, snarling at them instead of playing as she would normally. She looks lean and ready to hunt which might make tonight's live pictures exciting.

What big teeth we have

White eye is being unusually playful with the cubs this morning. Lion play is mostly of the "come on auntie, let's play that game where you grip my whole head with you huge sharp teeth" variety.

Red alert

Red has noticed something. We think it is a group of vultures flying down to a carcass.

Out of Africa

The cheetah crew have followed Shakira and her 3 cubs up onto a rocky ridge overlooking the Mara river and the great Serengeti national park on the far horizon. Serengeti and Mara combined forms one contiguous ecosystem and the key to the survival of the wildebeest migration.