Mannar Trip - Day 2

Day two of the Mannar trip in search of Flemingos. Bird-watching around Vankalai wetlands in the morning. Visited the Old Dutch Fort in Mannar and the famouse Baobab tree. Spotted a flok of about thousnd Greater Flemingos, North to the Mannar Ocean Bridge ..... , at the far-end of the lagoon - too far to photograph.

Vankalai Lagoon



Black-winged Stilt



Common Redshank

Eurasian Curlew

Grey Francolin



Great Egret (breeding)

Lesser Sand Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Ringed Plover

Little Stint



Painted Stork

Woolly-necked Stork



Western Reef egret

Mannar Ocean Bridge

South-Bar Old Railway Bridge in Mannar






Ruins of the Church in the Old Dutch Fort - Mannar

Rampart of the Dutch Fort



Garden Lizard ( Gara Katussa )

Baobab Tree

Thinkkeshwaram Kovil

 

The flock of Greater Flemingos ... Far accross the lagoon