The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Hello,

Just returned from a two-week holiday to Sri Lanka and Maldives (1 week in each). 12-26 Oct 2013.

In Sri Lanka we were taken around by Nandana, our guide from 'walk with jith'.

In the week we visited Sinharaja, Bundala and Yala National Parks and various small sites between all three.

The place is alive with birds, mammals, insects and reptiles. And is well worth a visit even if only for one week. Although the time taken to get from one place to the other takes a considerable amount of time due to the very twisty roads, low speed limit and crazy drivers.

Species list (and main places seen) are as follows: Sinharaja(S), Bundala(B), Yala(Y).

Barred Buttonquail - B
Sri Lanka Spurfowl - S
Sri Lanka Junglefowl - SB
Indian Peafowl - BY
Lesser Whistling Duck - BY
Painted Stork - BY
Asian Openbill - BY
Woolly necked Stork - Y
Lesser Adjutant - Y
Black headed Ibis - BY
Eurasian Spoonbill - B
Yellow Bittern - B
Striated Heron - B
Indian pond Heron - BY
Grey Heron - BY
Purple Heron - BY
Cattle Egret - B
Great Egret - BY
Intermediate Egret - BY
Little Egret - BY
Western Reef Egret - B
Spot Billed Pelican - Y
Little Grebe - B
Littler Cormorant - BY
Indian Cormorant - BY
Darter - BY
Brahminy Kite - BY
White bellied Sea Eagle - YB
Grey headed Fish Eagle - BY
Changeable Hawk Eagle - Y
White breasted Waterhen B
Ruddy breasted Crake - B
Purple swamphen - B
Moorhen - B
Pheasant tailed Jacana - B
Indian thick-knee - B
Great thick-knee B
Black winged stilt - B
Yellow wattled Lapwing - BY
Red wattled Lapwing - BY
Lesser sand Plover - B
Gull billed tern - B
Caspian tern - B
Spotted Dove - SBY
Emerald dove - S
Sri lanka gren Pigeon SY
Green imperial pigeon - SY
Sri lanka hanging parrot - S
Rose ringed parakeet - Y
Plum headed parakeet - travelling
Layards Parakeet - S
Jacobin Cuckoo - B
Drongo cuckoo - Y
Asian Koel - Y
Blue faced Malkoha - Y
Sirkeer Malkoha - Y
Red faced Malkoha - S
Greater coucal - Y
Sri lanka Frogmouth - S
Chestnut backed Owlet - S heard only
Indian Swiftlet
House Swift
Crested Treeswift - Y
Green bee eater - BY
Blue tailed bee eater
Chestnut headed Bee eater
White throated kingfisher BY
Pied Kingfisher B
Malabar Trogon - S
Brown headed Barbet - Y
Coppersmith Barbet - Tissamaharama
Sri lanka Grey Hornbill - Y
Malabar pied Hornbill - Y udawalawe
Lesser Yellownape - S
Crimson backed Goldenback - S
White naped Woodpecker - Tissamaharama
Sri Lanka woodshrike - Y
Scarlet Minivet
Brown Shrike
Common Iora - SB
Jerdons Leafbird - Y
Sri lanka blue magpie - S
House crow
Sri lanka swallow
White bellied drongo
Sri lanka drongo - S
Forest wagtail - Y
Paddyfield Pipit - B
Black capped Bulbul - S
Red vented bulbul - YBS
White browed bulbul - Y
Yellow browed bulbul - S
Black bulbul - S
White browed fantail - BY
Black naped monarch - S
Asian paradise flycatcher - Y Tissamaharama
Brown capped babbler S
Sri lanka scimitar babbler S
Dark fronted babbler - S
Yellow billed babbler - Y
Ashy headed laughing thrush - S
Sri lanka hill myna - S
common myna
Brahminy starling - Y
Oriental magpie robin - Y
Indian robin - Y
Tickells blue flycatcher - S
Thick billed flowerpecker - tissamaharama
Purple rumped sunbird - S
Oriental white eye - Tissamaharama
Velvet fronted nuthatch - S
Baya weaver Tissamaharama
White rumped munia
Scaly breasted munia - Y
Black headed munia - B

Also at sea south of Marissa was Bulwers Petrel and Wedge tailed shearwater.

Although paradise, the maldives is not the place to go for birding, species seen = common swift, grey heron, common sand, house crow, brown noddy.

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George Rutter