Last post from me on Sri Lanka, overall the place is magnificent its only a small island so getting from one site to another is not such a great deal as with some other countries. And the journey can be just as rewarding, the roadside powerlines on the road from Kurunegala to Dambula had Bee-eater or Kingfisher of varying types every 100yds or so. And what I think sums Sri Lanka up was the sight of a White-throated Kingfisher sat on the head of the statue of Prime Minister D S Senanayake (I think) in the government district slap bang in the middle of the bustling capital city Colombo !
Our last stop was Bundala Reserve this time we were up at 4.30 and there for dawn, the list :-
Asian Paradise-flycatcher
Barn Swallow
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-headed Munia
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-winged Stilt
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Brahminy Kite
Brahminy Starling
Brown Shrike
Common Sandpiper
Cotton Pygmy Goose
Crested Hawk Eagle
Curlew
Garganey
Great Egret
Great Thick-knee
Greater Coucal
Greater Flamingo
Green Bee-eater
Greenshank
Grey Heron
Indian Darter
Indian Pond Heron
Indian Reef Heron
Indian Shag
Intermediate Heron
Lesser Sand Plover
Lesser Whistling Duck
Little Cormorant
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Ringed Plover
Orange-breasted Green Pigeon
Pacific Golden Plover
Pale-billed Flowerpecker
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Pied Cuckoo
Pied Flycatcher Shrike
Pied Kingfisher
Purple Heron
Red Vented Bulbul
Redshank
Red-wattled Lapwing
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rosey Starlin
Rufus-winged Bush Lark
Shikra
Spoonbill
Spot-billed Pelican
Spotted Dove
Stonecurlew
White Breasted Waterhen
White-throated Kingfisher
Yellow-billed Babler
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
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