Leopards of Wilpattu

4.20pm one leopard at Nelum Wila pitiya. N 08.40611, E 079.98820
I spotted a young male leopard walking on the road from Thammanna gaha junction towards Nelum Wila. He moved into the forest in the direction of Nelum Wila pitiya. I decided to drive down to the pitiya and observe the behaviour of the Spotted Deer. I had received images of a young male leopard from this location and suspected it to be the same leopard. Almost after one hour the deer started making alarm calls and stamping their feet while looking into the forest. I was not able to spot the cat. I drove down to the furthest edge of the pitiya, waited for about 5 minutes and drove back. The leopard was seated at the edge of the forest about 50 meters from where the deer were still making alarm calls. It was a young male of about 2 years of age. I managed to get a few good images of the leopard. After about two minutes he decided to walk across the road in the direction of Nelum Wila sand patch. Just then a safari jeep arrived and moved too fast resulting the leopard to sprint across and disappear into the forest. This is my first sighting of this young male. I named it Nelum Wila Pitiya Male 1 with the code NWPM 1 for the purpose of my study.