Bundala & hambantota - Day 2

Over 85 bird species were recorded between 6.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m.on the 03rd of February 2014, within the Bundala National Park. Two groups, in to Safari jeeps traveled from the park's ticketing office up to the Malala lagoon, along the Ambilikala lagoon border, and then back to the entrance through the Bundala saltern.

Grey Heron

Grey Heron (juvenile)

Indian Darter

Little Cormorant

Purple Heron

Black-necked Strok

Little Egret

Yellow Bittern

Black-headed Ibis

Eurasian Spoonbill

Lesser Whistling Duck

Red-necked Phalarope (Non Br)

Little Stint

Sanderling

Green Sandpiper

Mash Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Eurasian Curlew

Great Thick-knee (Stone-plover)

Greater Sand Plover

Lesser Sand (Mongolian) Plover

Pacific Golden Plover

Grey Plover

Kentish Plover

Ruddy Turnstone

Pin-tail Snipe

Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Non-Brd.)

Paddyfield Pipit

Blyth's Pipit

Whiskered Tern

Common Terns

Little Green Bee-eater

Blue-tailed bee-eater

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Brown shrike

Changeable Hawk Eagle

Ashy Crowned Sparrow Lark

Common kingfisher

Plain Prinia

during the Safari .....

Bundala & Hambantota - Day 1

Accommodation during the two-day trip to Hambantota was provided by Pradeep and Vijai. Archt. Pradeep Hewamadduma's Quarters is behind the new Hambontota administrative complex, near-by a small lake.Many birds were spotted by that small lake in the evening.

Pied Cuckoo

Indian Pond Heron

Baya Weaver

Baya weaver's Nest

Black-headed Munia

White-Throated Silverbill

Indian Roller

Black-winged Stilt

Common Bronze Back Tree snake

Oriental Scarlet

Bird-watching by the Lake

The group ....