Locations of sightings
Thammanna Wala, Maha Wewa Road, Percy Bendi Wewa
First Sighting
29th October 2020 at 1.12pm
29th October 2020 at 1.12pm a Leopard between Percy Bendi Wewa and Paaluwilandawa junction.
N 08.33547, E 080.12759
The leopard was seated close to a Termite hill by the side of the road. It was a young female leopard. She watched us for a few seconds and moved in to the forest. Later upon examination of her spot pattern I was pleased to note that this is one of the three cubs of Thammanna Wala female 2 (THWF 2) that I had listed under Leopards of Wilpattu – Guest section as Maha Wewa Leopard 5. I received images of these cubs in July 2019 from Namal Kamalgoda where they were around 4 -5 months. Thus leopard is now one year and 8 months and had very recently become independent. As this is my first sighting of this female I gave her a code Percy Bendi Wewa Female 3 (PBWF 3).
