Locations of sightings
Pilli Motte, Between Pilli Motte & Pallekandal Pitiya
First Sighting
23rd June 2017 at 6.02pm
23rd June 2017 at 6.02pm one Leopard at Pilli Motte. N 08.37422, E079.89581.
It was on the road and was walking towards the water hole. I managed to get a few images before the animal moved off the road. It was a young male and I estimated its age to be around 2 years. We waited for it to come back to the road but as there were two other jeeps behind me I had to move forward to the place where the leopard moved off the road. It was seated among the bushes few feed from the road. I managed to get a few images of the animal and drove off to permit the people in the two vehicles behind me also to have a look. Upon examining its spot pattern I identified the leopard as Pilli Motte Leopard 1, which is listed on my site under “Leopards of Wilpattu – Guest”. This is my first sighting of this leopard. I named it Pilli Motte Male 1 (PMM 1). (with guide D.M Wasantha)
