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Down Hall Pitiya Male 1 - DHPM 1

Locations of sightings

Down Happ Pitiya sand patch

First Sighting

16th December 2019 at 3.29pm

  • 16th December 2019 at 3.29pm one Leopard at Down Hall Pitiya sand patch. N 08.46230, E 079.99109

    As we arrived on the sand patch I noticed fresh pug marks on the road and managed to locate the leopard seated on a small patch of sand about 40 meters off the road. It was a mature male leopard but was unfortunately covered by the branches of a “Kora Kaha” bush. As auto focus could not be used I switched on to manual focus and waited for the breeze to move the branches and managed to get a few images to study its spot pattern. Having studied the images later I realized that this not a leopard in my database. Thus it was my first sighting of this animal and I estimated its age to be around 7 years. I named it Down Hall Pitiya Male 1 (DHPM 1).  (with guide Tissa Ratnayake)

  • Down Hall Pitiya Male 1-DHPM 1 - 16th December 2019 at 3.29pm Down Hall Pitiya Male 1-DHPM 1 - 16th December 2019 at 3.29pm