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28th March 2021 at 5.33pm another leopard at Palu Kola Wala. N 08.36338, E 080.10028
It was also a female and was seated on the bund. I was quite pleased when the leopard walked down the bund and started to drink. Having drunk for about 6 minutes she walked up the bund and moved into the forest. Upon examining her spot & rosette pattern I was pleased to note that this is Divulgas Mandiya Female 1 (DGMF 1).
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17th October 2020 at 5.45pm a Leopard on the road at Kalagedi Bokkuwa. N 08.35756, E 080.11035
This was also a female leopard and was walking away from us. We along with few other vehicles followed keeping an adequate distance. Fortunately the cat stopped and looked back permitting me to get a few images. Upon examination of the spot pattern I was thrilled to note that this is Divulgas Mandiya Female 1 (DGMF 1) as I had not got any record of her since my July 2019. (with safari jeep driver Hemantha Wimalasena)
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27th July 2019 at 5.50pm one Leopard at Divulgasmandiya. N 08.35962, E 080.10841
It was a female leopard and was lying on a horizontal branch of a “Palu” tree. Apparently she had drunk water from the pond at Divulgasmandiya prior to climbing on to the tree. Upon examination of her unique spot pattern I was able to confirm that this is Divulgasmandiya Female 1 (DGMF 1). (With Guide Tissa Ratnayake)
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19th May 2019 at 5.22pm one Leopard at Palu Kola Wala. N 08.36338, E 080.10069
It was a female and was lying down on the bund across the water body. I hurriedly got a few images and left to reach the park entrance by 6 pm. The Leopard was Divulgas Mandiya Female 1 (DGMF 1). (With Guide Tissa Ratnayake)
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27th July 2018 at 6.30am one Leopard at Palu Kola Wala. N 08.36354, E 080.09956
The female leopard was seated on the bund and moved on to the large concrete culvert and lied down on the same. It was a very brief sighting of about 10 minutes as she moved in to the forest upon the arrival of the second vehicle. Later the examination of its spot pattern revealed that this is the Divulgas Mandiya Female 1 (DGMF 1). (With Guide Tissa Ratnayake)
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30th July 2017 at 6.20am one Leopard at Divulgas Mandiya. N 08.35962, E 080.10841
The Leopard was lying at the edge of the water hole. She remained for about two minutes and walked in to the forest upon the arrival of a second vehicle. Upon examining the spot pattern I noted that this is the Divulgas Mandiya Female 1 (DGMF 1). ( with Guide Tissa Rarnayake)
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28th July 2017 at 6.00pm one Leopard at Divulgas Mandiya. N 08.35962, E 080.10841
A number of vehicles were parked at this location as leopards have been seen at this locality during the past few days in the evenings. At 5.55pm we spotted a leopard behind some foliage. It appeared to be a young female and did not move in to the open. After a few minutes the leopard moved back in to the forest. I managed to get a few images of the animal and having examined the images estimated its age to be around 1 year and six months. This is my first sighting of this animal and I named it Divulgas Mandiya Female 1 (DGMF 1). ( with Guide Tissa Rarnayake)
