Wednesday, February 23, 2022

BIRDING AT KERAWALAPITIYA....

 After exiting the highway point at  Kerawalapitiya you will find an industrial zone but in recent times nature lovers and naturalists have found the garbage dump close to the exist and the surrounding  marsh and sand dune area quite conducive for fauna habitat.

This became very famous in December 2021due to the fact that Masked wagtail( Motacilla alba personata) was recorded near the dump for the first time in Sri Lanka along with the presence of the rare winter migrant White wagtail (Motacilla alba) and also the short tailed White wagtail ( Motacills ocularis ).This gave me the opportunity to visit and explore the place quite a few times and gave me superb opportunities to photograph many a birds over a period  from 2021. 


Paddy field pipits


Temminck's stint







Common Kestrel far away. Although it generally is perched on this branch , we could not get a closer look even after going a couple of times.
Ashy- crowned sparrow lark










Little stint




Yellow wagtail








Cattle egret

Kentish plover


Common sandpiper





Juvenile brahmin kite




The sand dunes give you the feeling of been in Dubai

Citrine Wagtail










Barn swallow


Zitting sisticola



This was the reason that Kerawalaptiya became famous as a sanctuary the Masked wagtail







White wagtail










Short tailed subspecies












Little ringed plover





Lesser sand plovers



Oriental honey buzzard
Pied cuckoo


Clamorous reed warbler
Alpine swift

Sri Lanka swallow


Wood sandpiper



Blue -tailed bee eater


Extremely a rare vagrant- Black winged pratincole


Blue headed quail
male

female


rare migrant- siberian stonechat










Rosy starling






Marsh sandpiper


Common redshank



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